Category Archives: Quotations

BPR Quote of the Day: Mad With Power

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“Some people say I am mad with power, but I just have them killed.”                                            Brooke Alvarez Brooke Alvarez (real … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Understanding the Banking System

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.”            Henry Ford     … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Corporations Are Machines

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“Today the business once transacted by individuals in every community is in the control of corporations, and many of the men who once conducted an independent business are gathered into the organization, and all personal identity, and all individualities lost. … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Coddled Billionaires

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice.” –Warren Buffett   Buffett’s NY Times Op-Ed Buffett: A traitor to his class, or a guy … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: “The Military-Industrial Complex”

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence — economic, political, even spiritual — is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Corporations are People

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“Corporations are people, my friend… of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People’s pockets. Human beings my friend.” Mitt Romney Speaking at Iowa State Fair

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BPR Quote of the Day: Whiny Mentality

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Well, no wonder this country is having so many problems: “Americans, endowed by their solicitous government with an ever-expanding array of entitlements, now have the whiny mentality that an entitlement culture breeds.” –George Will,  Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist Fox Business

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BPR Quote of the Day: Iraq War & Oil

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

‘I am saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows: the Iraq war is largely about oil.’ —Alan Greenspan in his memoir, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World,  2007.

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BPR Quote of the Day: Unions & Freedom

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Somebody tell the Republican governors…… “These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland … They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.” Ronald Reagan  Labor Day campaign speech in 1980

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BPR Quote of the Day: Wants to be Loved

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“Amid the chilling anarchy, there’s not a single strong leader to be seen — not even a misguided one. All the leaders are followers. You have to wonder if President Obama at some level doesn’t want to lead. Maybe he … Continue reading →

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