Corporations Quotes - Page 37

• Women will change the corporation more than we expect.

  Anita Borg

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• Many schools include a service project as part of their curriculum, and many corporations have in-house projects for their employees or give them time off to do volunteer work.

  George H. W. Bush

  School, Giving, Volunteer

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• I find rebellion packaged by a major corporation a little hard to take seriously.

  David Byrne

  Reality, Uprising, Littles

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• Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.

  Benjamin Carson

  Organization, Making Money, Welfare

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• I think we're in an era of unprecedented dominance by corporations. I think people understand that deeply; I don't think that's even questioned.

  Josh Fox

  Thinking, People, Eras

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations.

  Al Franken

  Amendments, Fourth Amendment, Fourth

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• Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He's helped me out on a couple of occasions when I've given speeches to corporations where he'd have a good... He'd give me some good information.

  Al Franken

  Couple, Hero, Giving

  Interview with Stephen Thompson, www.avclub.com. November 1, 2000.

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• The institutions that we've built up over the years to protect our individual privacy rights from the government don't apply to the private sector. The Fourth Amendment doesn't apply to corporations. The Freedom of Information Act doesn't apply to Silicon Valley. And you can't impeach Google if it breaks its 'Don't be evil' campaign pledge.

  Al Franken

  Rights, Government, Years

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• I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am. My clients were little people fighting big corporations, so it was a natural thing to not only represent the little guy but also to pull for him - it's the American way.

  John Grisham

  Fighting, Who I Am, Years

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• I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.

  Gary Hamel

  Rights, Individual, Given

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• Let every man, every corporation, and especially let every village, town, and city, every county and State, get out of debt and keep out of debt. It is the debtor that is ruined by hard times.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Hard Times, Men, Debt Free

  Diary entry. "Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Nineteenth President of the United States". Book edited by Charles Richard Williams, The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, July 13, 1879.

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• In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.

  Lee Iacocca

  Guy, Ends, Ceo

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• Because the sad fact is that the Enron Corporation and others manipulated with unfortunately great effect the energy market in the West Coast starting in 2000.

  Jay Inslee

  Enron Scandal, Energy, West Coast

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• The First Amendment says nothing about your getting paid for saying anything. It just says you can say it. I don't believe that if a corporation pulls all the money out of you or a network pulls their money away or you get fired, you're being censored.

  Penn Jillette

  Believe, Firsts, First Amendment

  "Voodoo and Violence". Interview with Steve Kurtz, reason.com. April 1994.

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• I went West and took part in the strike of the machinists - the Southern Pacific Railroad, the corporation that swung California by its golden tail, that controlled its legislature, its farmers, its preachers, its workers.

  Mother Jones

  California, Southern, Railroads

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• Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Fun, Business, Men

  Attributed by Michael Albert, "Moving Forward: Programme for a Participatory Economy", (p. 128), 2000.

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• To equate a corporation with a person is a travesty of justice.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Justice, Travesty, Persons

  "The Supreme Court and Corporate Electioneering" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2010.

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• Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.

  Madeleine M. Kunin

  Usual, Campaigns, Individual

  "Occupy Congress" by Madeleine M. Kunin, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 9, 2011.

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• I don't want to be owned by a corporation and obliged to make a certain type of album. I want to be free.

  Annie Lennox

  Want, Albums, Certain

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• The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations.

  Ken Livingstone

  Running, Country, Monsters

  "Preview: Ken Livingstone: 'The world is run by monsters'". Interview with Jemima Khan, www.newstatesman.com. February 8, 2012.

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• The life of a startup is full of ups and downs, an emotional roller coaster ride that you can't quite imagine if you've spent your whole career in a corporation.

  Harvey Mackay

  Emotional, Careers, Imagine

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• Creating a better world requires teamwork, partnerships, and collaboration, as we need an entire army of companies to work together to build a better world within the next few decades. This means corporations must embrace the benefits of cooperating with one another.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Teamwork, Mean, Army

  FaceBook post by Simon Mainwaring from Sep 09, 2015

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• A social contract is the way out of this dilemma for corporations that want to lead in the 21st century by showing consumers how seriously they take customer loyalty and goodwill.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Loyalty, Want, Way

  "What #OccupyWallStreet Must Ask of Corporations and Themselves" by Simon Mainwaring, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 12, 2011.

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• If capitalism is to remain a healthy, vibrant economic system, corporations must participate in taking care of the society and the environment in which they live.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Healthy, Care, Environment

  "Calling on the Private Sector: It’s Time to Play a Role" by Simon Mainwaring, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 13, 2011.

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• Corporations often partner with government after natural disasters, as many companies did in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. As a rule, however, long-term civic/corporate partnerships are still rare .But this need not remain the status quo, as many opportunities are available for such partnerships.

  Simon Mainwaring

  Opportunity, Government, Long

  Simon Mainwaring (2011). “We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World”, p.126, Macmillan

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