--- title: "13 Corporate State Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 13 Corporate State quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Corporate State sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/marie-lu-1250_capitalist_a-free-state-is-a-corporate-state-308466_308466.png" --- > [“A free state is a corporate state.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/a-free-state-is-a-corporate-state/) [Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/marie-lu-1250_capitalist_a-free-state-is-a-corporate-state-308466_308466.png) > [The fascist state is the corporate state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benito-mussolini/the-fascist-state-is-the-corporate-state/) [Benito Mussolini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benito-mussolini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/benito-mussolini-3049_corporate_the-fascist-state-is-the-corporate-state_324343.jpg) > [Perhaps the greatest and least visible form of impoverishment caused by the Corporate State is the destruction of community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-a-reich/perhaps-the-greatest-and-least-visible-form-of-impoverishment-caused/) [Charles A. Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-a-reich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/charles-a-reich-19990_community_perhaps-the-greatest-and-least-visible-f_4348.png) > [“I’m not looking to overthrow the American government, the corporate state already has. —JOHN TRUDELL”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-klein/i-m-not-looking-to-overthrow-the-american-government-the-corporate/) [Naomi Klein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-klein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/naomi-klein-1072_american-government_i-m-not-looking-to-overthrow-the-america_851874.png) > [America is now a land that rewards failure - at the personal, corporate, and state level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/america-is-now-a-land-that-rewards-failure-at-the-personal-corporate-2/) [Mark Steyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-steyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/mark-steyn-1844_america_america-is-now-a-land-that-rewards-failu_694913.png) > [“A corporate state run by dictators who call themselves servants of the people they enslave.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-campbell/a-corporate-state-run-by-dictators-who-call-themselves-servants-of/) [Jack Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-campbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/jack-campbell-27103_dictators_a-corporate-state-run-by-dictators-who-c_2783406.jpg) > [The crucial fact to realize about all the powerful machinery of the Corporate State - its laws, structure, political system - is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-a-reich/the-crucial-fact-to-realize-about-all-the-powerful-machinery-of-the/) [Charles A. Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-a-reich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ba/charles-a-reich-19990_corporate_the-crucial-fact-to-realize-about-all-th_1934289.png) > [The corporate state is an immensely powerful machine, ordered, legalistic, rational, yet utterly out of human control, wholly and perfectly indifferent to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-a-reich/the-corporate-state-is-an-immensely-powerful-machine-ordered/) [Charles A. Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-a-reich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cb/charles-a-reich-19990_computers_the-corporate-state-is-an-immensely-powe_1678.png) > [Moreover, the human condition, if that is what it is, has been getting steadily worse in the Corporate State; more and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-a-reich/moreover-the-human-condition-if-that-is-what-it-is-has-been-getting/) [Charles A. Reich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-a-reich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/charles-a-reich-19990_conditions_moreover-the-human-condition-if-that-is_1529339.png) > [The corporate State considers that private enterprise in the sphere of production is the most effective and useful instrument in the interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benito-mussolini/the-corporate-state-considers-that-private-enterprise-in-the-sphere/) [Benito Mussolini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benito-mussolini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/benito-mussolini-3049_business_the-corporate-state-considers-that-priva_230146.jpg) > [The story in America was a vibrant, bottoms-up democracy subverted by corporations and financial speculators. Those people now control much of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/the-story-in-america-was-a-vibrant-bottoms-up-democracy-subverted-by/) [Kalle Lasn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kalle-lasn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/kalle-lasn-22904_democracy_the-story-in-america-was-a-vibrant-botto_1879923.jpg) > [“In short, capitalism depends on ever-growing amounts of state intervention in the market for its survival, and the system is hitting the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-a-carson/in-short-capitalism-depends-on-ever-growing-amounts-of-state/) [Kevin A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-a-carson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/kevin-a-carson-94683_economics_in-short-capitalism-depends-on-ever-grow_1252871.jpg) > [“We may feel, in the face of the ruthless corporate destruction of our nation, our culture and our ecosystem, powerless and weak.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hedges/we-may-feel-in-the-face-of-the-ruthless-corporate-destruction-of-our/) [Chris Hedges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hedges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/973/chris-hedges-2131_revolution_we-may-feel-in-the-face-of-the-ruthless_2529404.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/corporate-state/#itemlist", "name": "Corporate State Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A free state is a corporate state.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marie Lu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/a-free-state-is-a-corporate-state/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/marie-lu-1250_capitalist_a-free-state-is-a-corporate-state-308466_308466.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/marie-lu-1250_capitalist_a-free-state-is-a-corporate-state-308466_308466.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24b/marie-lu-1250_capitalist_a-free-state-is-a-corporate-state-308466_308466.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A free state is a corporate state.” — Marie Lu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fascist state is the corporate state.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benito Mussolini" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benito-mussolini/the-fascist-state-is-the-corporate-state/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/benito-mussolini-3049_corporate_the-fascist-state-is-the-corporate-state_324343.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/benito-mussolini-3049_corporate_the-fascist-state-is-the-corporate-state_324343.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/benito-mussolini-3049_corporate_the-fascist-state-is-the-corporate-state_324343.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The fascist state is the corporate state.” — Benito Mussolini", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Perhaps the greatest and least visible form of impoverishment caused by the Corporate State is the destruction of community.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles A. 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In view of the fact that private organisation of production is a function of national concern, the organiser of the enterprise is responsible to the State for the direction given to production.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benito Mussolini" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benito-mussolini/the-corporate-state-considers-that-private-enterprise-in-the-sphere/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/benito-mussolini-3049_business_the-corporate-state-considers-that-priva_230146.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/benito-mussolini-3049_business_the-corporate-state-considers-that-priva_230146.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/benito-mussolini-3049_business_the-corporate-state-considers-that-priva_230146.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The corporate State considers that private enterprise in the sphere of production is the most effective and…” — Benito Mussolini", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The story in America was a vibrant, bottoms-up democracy subverted by corporations and financial speculators. Those people now control much of the narrative. They also control the congressmen and the legislation that's passed in Washington. So we felt that America had become a corporate state and soft regime change was necessary. That was the concept that got us excited. Then we started thinking about ways to spark it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kalle Lasn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kalle-lasn/the-story-in-america-was-a-vibrant-bottoms-up-democracy-subverted-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/kalle-lasn-22904_democracy_the-story-in-america-was-a-vibrant-botto_1879923.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/kalle-lasn-22904_democracy_the-story-in-america-was-a-vibrant-botto_1879923.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/kalle-lasn-22904_democracy_the-story-in-america-was-a-vibrant-botto_1879923.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The story in America was a vibrant, bottoms-up democracy subverted by corporations and financial…” — Kalle Lasn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In short, capitalism depends on ever-growing amounts of state intervention in the market for its survival, and the system is hitting the point where the teat runs dry. The result is a system in which governments and corporations are increasingly hollowed out. And meanwhile, growing up within this corporate capitalist “integument,” things like open source software and culture, open-source industrial design, permaculture and low-overhead garage micromanufacturing eat the corporate-state economy alive. An ever-growing share of labor and production are disappearing into relocalized resilient economies, self-employment, worker cooperatives and the informal and household economy. In the end, they will skeletonize the corporate dinosaurs like a swarm of piranha.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kevin A. 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