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" The only way to make sure no bank is too big to fail is to make sure no bank is too big. "

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" Our young people - their capacities to think, understand, investigate, and innovate - are America's future. "

" A lot of attention has been going to social values - abortion, gay rights, other divisive issues - but economic values are equally important. "

" America's real business leaders understand unless or until the middle class regains its footing and its faith, capitalism remains vulnerable. "

" Walmart isn't your average mom-and-pop operation. It's the largest employer in America. As such, it's the trendsetter for millions of other employers of low-wage workers. "

" Limits should be placed on how big big banks can become. "

" Public institutions are supported by all taxpayers and are available to all. "

" Liberals are concerned about the concentration of wealth because it almost inevitably leads to a concentration of power that undermines democracy. "

" There will always be a business cycle, and white-collar workers will get hit in the next recession like they always do in recessions. "

" As long as the big banks are allowed to remain big, their political leverage over Washington will remain big. And as long as their political leverage remains big, the taxpayer and economic tab for the next mess they create will be big. "

" Universities have to tame their budgets, especially for student amenities that have nothing to do with education. "

" Radical conservatives want to police bedrooms. "

" To get back to the kind of shared prosperity and upward mobility we once considered normal will require another era of fundamental reform, of both our economy and our democracy. "

" Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people - especially their educations. "

" Conservatives believe the economy functions better if the rich have more money and everyone else has less. But they're wrong. It's just the opposite. "

" Corporations aren't people. They have no brains, no consciences, no capacity for intent or guilt. "

" Only if everyone buys insurance can insurers afford to cover people with preexisting conditions or pay the costs of catastrophic diseases. "

" Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and the rest of the Ivy League are worthy institutions, to be sure, but they're not known for educating large numbers of poor young people. "

" So why don't nurses do home visits to Americans with acute conditions? Hospitals aren't paid for it. "

" In reality, most of America's poor work hard, often in two or more jobs. "

" The faith that anyone could move from rags to riches - with enough guts and gumption, hard work and nose to the grindstone - was once at the core of the American Dream. "

" Drug company payments to doctors are a small part of a much larger strategy by Big Pharma to clean our pockets. "

" You might say those who can't repay their student debts shouldn't have borrowed in the first place. But they had no way of knowing just how bad the jobs market would become. "

" In 1968, the sanitation workers of Memphis tried to form a union. The city resisted. The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to support them. That was where he lost his life. "

" When I was a small boy, I was bullied more than most, mainly because I was a foot shorter than everyone else. "

" Economies are risky. Some industries rise, and others implode, like housing. Some places get richer, and others drop, like Atlantic City. Some people get new jobs that pay better, many lose their jobs or their wages. "

" America is one of few advanced nations that allow direct advertising of prescription drugs. "

" A leader is someone who steps back from the entire system and tries to build a more collaborative, more innovative system that will work over the long term. "

" When times are tough, public employees should have to make the same sacrifices as everyone else. "

" As income from work has become more concentrated in America, the super rich have invested in businesses, real estate, art, and other assets. The income from these assets is now concentrating even faster than income from work. "