Home / Quotes / Quote by Joe Conason

Quote by Joe Conason

“The problem isn't that conservatives are wrong about the efficiency of markets or the creativity of enterprise. It's that they have made false idols of both, usually without acknowledging that markets work best when well regulated, that private enterprise cannot meet every human need, that government has always played a critical role in our economy, and that the profit motive can be socially and environmentally destructive as well as dynamic.”

Quote by Joe Conason

Author

Joe Conason is an American journalist born on January 25, 1954. He is known for his in-depth reporting on political and social issues and has served as a columnist for The Los Angeles Times, contributing articles to various publications. more

You May Also Like

“We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics. Out of the collapse of a prosperity whose builders boasted their practicality has come the conviction that in the long run economic morality pays.”

Knows Long Self Running Political Interest Pay Known Moral Economic Morality Economics Prosperity Conviction Collapse Long Runs Self Interest Builder Practicality

Book:The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Source: The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt

“Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, . . . its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote.”

Real Political Force Abuse Secrecy Transparency Antidote Enabling Abuse Of Power Journaling Access To Information

Book:No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State

Source: No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State

“Democracies die behind closed doors. . . . When government begins closing doors, it selectively controls information rightfully belonging to the people. Selective information is misinformation.”

People Government Political Dies Behinds Democracy Doors Information Belonging Closing Selective Misinformation Closed Doors Behind Closed Doors Closing Doors

Author:Damon Keith

“As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people.”

People Should Long Government Action Political Secret Transparent

Book:The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision-Making

Source: The Assault on Reason: How the Politics of Blind Faith Subvert Wise Decision-Making

“Secrecy destroys accountability.”

Political Accountability Secrecy

Book:Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State

Source: Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State

“If the money is raised by taxation, then the burden will fall where it ought to fall, . . . and the rich and stingy will no longer be able to evade the duties of citizenship and of humanity.”

Ifs Able Political Humanity Fall Rich Duty Ought Raised Burden Citizenship Taxation Stingy

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“Unless you reduce the long-term spending burden, you cannot cut taxes in any lasting way, but can only shift the burden of taxes from the present to the future.”

Way Long Political Term Cutting Taxes Burden Spending Long Term Lasting

Author:Peter George Peterson

“In FY 2006, interest payments alone on the national debt cost us $406 billion. . . . What a waste. . . . That $406 billion is pathetically squandered on interest, just because we lacked the discipline to pay our bills when due.”

Political Interest Pay Discipline Cost Waste Bills Debt Dues Billions Payment National Debt

Book:Trainwreck: The End of the Conservative Revolution (and Not a Moment Too Soon)

Source: Trainwreck: The End of the Conservative Revolution (and Not a Moment Too Soon)

“History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself sufficient to stifle dissent. A citizenry that is aware of always being watched quickly becomes a compliant and fearful one.”

Shows Political Used Existence Mass Mere Sufficient Fearful Dissent Surveillance Self Sufficient Citizenry

Book:No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the Surveillance State

Source: No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the Surveillance State

“The framers of our Constitution understood the dangers of unbridled government surveillance. They knew that democracy could flourish only in spaces free from government snooping and interference, and they put restraints on government overreaching in the Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights. . . . These protections require, at a minimum, a neutral arbiter - a magistrate - standing between the government's endless desire for information and the citizens' desires for privacy.”