American+Greed

Me, Myself, and I - //American Greed// "An' them people that owns it is gonna hang on to it if they got ta kill ever'body in the worl' to do it. An' they're scairt, an' that makes em mad. You got to hear it. Purtiest goddam country you ever seen, but they ain't nice to you, them folks. They're so scairt an' worried they ain't even nice to each other." "They's a fella, newspaper fella near the coast, got a million acres-" "Million acres? What in the worl' can he do with a million acres?" "I dunno. He jus' got it...Scairt he's gonna die. Got a million acres an' scairt of dyin'."

-John Steinbeck, __The Grapes of Wrath__



"It is difficult to draw a man out of his own circle to interest him in the destiny of the State, because he does not clearly understand what influence the destiny of the State can have upon his own lot." -Alexis de Tocqueville, __Democracy in America__



Greed Greed is the disastrous animal of man! which obliges, cripples man to be immoral, selfish and cruel. Wish, want, will desires are the elements of greed From which a man can never be free. Greed is a vicious circle of life Without whose entrance man cannot survive. Greed rises from the want of money or materialistic pleasures To destroy greed we have to limit our desires. To drive greed from within we must perform meditation and salvation. The ultimate end thus leads to happiness and pure satisfaction. -Green Peace

"Greed is Good" //-Wall Street//

Reflection on Greed American Aspiration Back to American Stagnancy