Personally, I'm in favor of democracy, which means that the central institutions of society have to be under popular control. Now, under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control. Thus, a corporation or an industry is, if we were to think of it in political terms, fascist that is, it has tight control at the top and strict obedience has to be establishedat every level--there's little bargaining, a little give and take,but the line of authority is perfectly straightforward. Just as I'm opposed to political fascism, I'm opposed to economic fascism. I think that until the major institutions of society are under the popular control of participants and communities, it's pointless to talk about democracy.
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Do the days work. If it be to protect the rights of the weak, whoever objects, do it. If it be to help a powerful corporation better to serve the people, whatever the opposition, do that. Expect to be called a stand-patter, but dont be a stand-patter. Expect to be called a demagogue, but dont be a demagogue. Dont hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Dont hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table. Dont expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. Dont hurry to legislate. Give administration a chance to catch up with legislation.
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With Epcot Center the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life.
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The salary of the chief executive of the large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself.
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The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of corporation executives at the retreat of Continental Motors, Inc.
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There is no finish line.
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The corporation has evolved to serve the interests of whoever controls it, at the expense of whoever does not.
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It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. If such a board actually exists it operates precisely like the board of a corporation that is losing money.
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At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.
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Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.
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The harder you push, the more you are pulled.
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You have despoiled churches. You have threatened every corporation and endowment in the country. You have examined into everybodys affairs. You have criticised every profession and vexed every trade. No one is certain of his property, and nobody knows what duties he may have to perform to-morrow. This is the policy of confiscation as compared with that of concurrent endowment.
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A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.
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There are clubs you can't belong to, neighborhoods you can't live in, schools you can't get into, but the roads are always open.
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Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to be damned, and no body to be kicked ?
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You look at any giant corporation, and I mean the biggies, and they all started with a guy with an idea, doing it well.
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A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.
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Corporation. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.
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Criminal A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.
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Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.
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