America Quote by Andrew Ross Sorkin

In the age of activism that is clearly not going away, it would seem that some form of engagement from directors with shareholders -…

— Andrew Ross Sorkin

In reality, everybody in Congress is a stand-in for some kind of lobbyist. In many cases it's difficult to tell whether it's the companies…

— Matt Taibbi

Boards of directors are allowed to work together, so are banks and investors and corporations in alliances with one another and with powerful states.…

— Noam Chomsky

If it were up to the executives, they probably wouldn't have directors at all.

— Gus Van Sant

I think politicians in America don't speak up because their local lobbyist has them shut up.

— Donald Trump

As things are now, no one can tell to whom members of Congress are responsible, except that it does not often appear to be…

— Shirley Chisholm

When controversy calls, corporations can be far more responsive than politicians. The market votes every day, after all.

— Ari Melber

Shareholders, of course, have every right to weigh in on whether (or how) they want a company to exercise political influence.

— Ari Melber

If the United States is to produce a nation of investors-as we must if we are to gain financial world-leadership-it is imperative that boards…

— B. C. Forbes

Members of Congress care about reelection most of all. And that means they care about their constituents. So you have to be a constituent…

— Ezra G. Levin

The corporations have become our government. They're not just influential. Department by department, you name it, they put their people in high government positions,…

— Ralph Nader

Part of the problem you have is that you don't have a dialogue between elected officials and their constituents. They've built these barricades, these…

— Elizabeth Emken