John Sweeney Quotes

Working people are under the worst attack in 80 years. Never has there been a stronger need for a stronger union movement.

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

I'm a passionate man and a passionate reporter. I've also got a loud voice.

It's bad form to mention money-laundering. Instead, you talk about asset-management structures and tax beneficial schemes.

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.

People actually get sponsors based on the merits of the Cup, not on the merits of the sailors.

But it was also the best mistake I've ever made, because what it did was hopefully allow a whole new generation to make up their own minds about Scientology and for that I make no apology.

In North Korea, journalism, the job of telling the stories power and money do not want told, of giving a voice to the voiceless, does not exist.

There is a growing consensus that Globalization must now be reshaped to reflect values broader than simply the freedom of capital.

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.

We can no longer allow multinationals to parade as agents of progress and democracy in the newspapers, even as they subvert it at the workplace.

A simple test of a civilised human being is how they describe those who have treated them badly.

I think the greedy corporate owners have to be confronted with the fact that they are ignoring their most powerful resource - their workers.

When fewer workers have unions, the standard of living falls for everyone and the gap between the rich and poor grows.

I was invincible, at least that's what I wanted you to think, and I wanted me to think it, too.

Safety is a basic human need. People with a sense of security and belonging are stabilized for learning, creating, innovating. A group of wonderfully cared for, confident individuals will generate great ideas.

The BBC can be infuriating at times but I love it with a passion.

The church acknowledges some Scientologists choose to sever communications with family members who leave. The church says it is a fundamental human right to cease communication with someone. It adds disconnection is used against expelled members and those who attack the church.

I want to tell stories powerful people don't want you to tell. It's not worth getting out of bed otherwise.

I think we will see a united labor movement again. When workers unite they're stronger. The same goes for unions.

Satellite technology is a wonderful thing. From space, we can stare down and look at perimeter fences, huts, mine entrances and even sites of mass graves.

Because of GLHR's crusades ... we're beginning to learn the awful truth about workers around the world who are slaving away their lives in sweatshops, who are denied the right to join or form a union in order to fight back and provide a better life for their families.