Trade has all the fascination of gambling without its…

Hence the sterile, uninspiring futility of a great many theoretical discussions of ethics, and the resentment which many people feel towards such discussions: moral…

— Ayn Rand

“But each one of us is guilty insofar as he remained inactive. The guilt of passivity is different. Impotence excuses; no moral law demands…

— Karl Jaspers

If everything that you do is for the market, it won't work.

— T. Allen Lawson

Some have suggested that ideally there must be some international body that would treat areas like the Arctic as a global commerce, a bit…

— Kofi Annan

The American way was for commerce, personal relationships, and religion to be voluntary. No one was forced to participate in something he didn't want.

— Harry Browne

“For their never-ending endeavours to obtain or retain wealth, countries desperately need companies, because they—unlike most human beings—have the means of production, and human…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Trade and commerce, if they were not made of Indian rubber, would never manage to bounce over the obstacles which legislators are continually putting…

— Henry David Thoreau

The future is religion and commerce, aphrodisiac and Benzedrine, a mother of mysterious comfort and a mistress of familiar ravishments ever on the verge…

— Eugene Kennedy

My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money,…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Commerce diminishes the spirit, both of patriotism and military defence.

— Thomas Paine

Rather than comparing [war] to art we could more accurately compare it to commerce, which is also a conflict of human interests and activities;…

— Carl von Clausewitz

Honor commerce as the engine of change.

— William McDonough

If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business.

— Samuel Goldwyn

“Designing posters, for me, is not only a commercial pursuit but also a philosophical endeavor.”

— Fang Chen

“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated…

— Jack Weatherford