John J. Sweeney famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

In its current form, globalization cannot be sustained. Democratic societies will not support it. Authoritarian leaders will fear to impose it.
-- John J. Sweeney

#Support #Leader #Globalization
Henry Ford was right. A prosperous economy requires that workers be able to buy the products that they produce. This is as true in a global economy as a national one.
-- John J. Sweeney

#Fog #Able #Economy
For globalization to work for America, it must work for working people. We should measure the success of our economy by the breadth of our middle class, and the scope of opportunity offered to the poorest child to climb into that middle class.
-- John J. Sweeney

#Children #Opportunity #Class
Our task is not to make societies safe for globalization, but to make the global system safe for decent societies.
-- John J. Sweeney

#Tasks #Safe #Environment
In the 'Nike Economy,' there are no standards, no borders and no rules. Clearly, the global economy isn't working for workers in China and Indonesia and Burma any more than it is for workers here in the United States.
-- John J. Sweeney

#Nike #United States #Borders
A core part of the global market is what might be called the 'Nike Economy' - footloose companies that play countries against one another while seeking subcontractors with the lowest wages and cheapest conditions.
-- John J. Sweeney

#Nike #Country #Play
After World War II, American leaders were, in Dean Acheson's words, 'present at the creation' of a global order. Now at the end of the cold war, we desperately need that same vision, that leadership, that creativity to be applied to the governance of the global marketplace.
-- John J. Sweeney

#War #Creativity #Order

The land-grant university system is being built on behalf of the people, who have invested in these public universities their hopes, their support, and their confidence.
I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician. This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw 'The Killing Fields,' and I've got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category.
The greater the crime perpetrated by the leadership, the less likely it is that the people will ever believe their leaders to be capable of perpetrating such an event.
Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view.
Globalization is not a monolithic force but an evolving set of consequences - some good, some bad and some unintended. It is the new reality.
There is a growing consensus that Globalization must now be reshaped to reflect values broader than simply the freedom of capital.
People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.

John J. Sweeney famous quotes

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