Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter V : Anatomy Of The Corporate State, p. 107
Quotes from book
The Greening of America
The Greening of America is a 1970 book by Charles A. Reich. It is a paean to the counterculture of the 1960s and its values. Excerpts first appeared as an essay in the September 26, 1970 issue of The New Yorker. The book was originally published by Random House.
“This is the revolution of the new generation.”
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter I : The Coming American Revolution, p. 4
Context: There is a revolution coming. It will not be like revolutions of the past. It will originate with the individual and with culture, and it will change the political structure only as its final act. It will not require violence to succeed, and it cannot be successfully resisted by violence. It is now spreading with amazing rapidity, and already our laws, institutions and social structure are changing in consequence. It promises a higher reason, a more human community, and a new and liberated individual. Its ultimate creation will be a new and enduring wholeness and beauty — a renewed relationship of man to himself, to other men, to society, to nature, and to the land.
This is the revolution of the new generation.
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter X : Beyond Youth: Recovery Of Self, p. 279
“It is not the misuse of power that is evil; the very existence of power is an evil.”
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter V : Anatomy Of The Corporate State, p. 125
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter VII : "It's Just Like Living", p. 186
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter II : Consciousness I: Loss Of Reality, p. 22
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter VII : "It's Just Like Living", p. 181
“We do not see it because we can not afford to-because the truth is too explosive.”
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter X : Beyond Youth: Recovery Of Self, p. 287
“We seem to be living in a society that no one created and that no one wants.”
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter I : The Coming American Revolution, p. 10
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter XI : Revolution By Consciousness, p. 301
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter V : Anatomy Of The Corporate State, p. 88
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter XI : Revolution By Consciousness, p. 305
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter III : The Failure Of Reform, p. 55
“No person's gain in wisdom is diminished by anyone else's gain.”
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter XII : The Greening Of America, p. 383 ( See also: Vilfredo Pareto)
“Technology has deprived the family of almost all its functions.”
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter VII : "It's Just Like Living", p. 182
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter XI : Revolution By Consciousness, p. 299
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter IV : Consciousness II, p. 78
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter III : The Failure Of Reform, p. 43
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter XII : The Greening Of America, p. 356
“The end result of this personal and public impoverishment is a hollow man.”
Source: The Greening of America (1970), Chapter VI : The Lost Self, p. 150
