Parecon is a very tough-minded economic vision and model, and it sets a standard for us to look at.

The federalism term is a good term, but it's just below the surface; it's just about to come up into wider public understanding that these practices are happening and are politically viable.

Worker ownership is only one form of democratizing ownership.

The top 400 people own more wealth now than the bottom 185 million Americans taken together. That is a medieval structure.

If you don't have a way to speak to ordinary Americans, you're not in the game.

The reality of the world we live in is that people sometimes aren't interested in many circumstances; no matter how much young radicals yell at them, that isn't what they want to do right now.

Finding ways to organize work in which people are not locked into unequal power relationships is very important. Having said that, it's not easily done, and it's complicated.

Not being heard is no reason for silence.

Nothing closes doors as quickly as constant bad humor, reclamation, whining. Nobody wants to associate themselves with losers.

Love where there is no reason to love

She is a slave, with no way home.

For every difficulty that supposedly stops a person from succeeding there are thousands who have had it a lot worse and have succeeded anyway. So can you.

Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be.

But all good things come to an end, often a sad angry miserable end. The cause for such an end can usually be whittled down to one of three things: money, sickness, love lost.

I was shy, but I stood up in front of the class and I gave my report.I was reporting on books that I didn't want to read. I was inventing books that I didn't want to read.

But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes.

Sticks and stones may break me, but the words you said just tore my heart in two.