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The largest 100 corporations hold 25 percent of the worldwide productive assets, which in turn control 75 percent of international trade and 98 percent of… — Peter Drucker
The ideal of a perfectly functioning democracy is one person, one vote; the ideal of a perfectly functioning market is one dollar, one vote.It's a… — Dorothy L. Sayers
In spite of the anticapitalistic policies of all governments and of almost all political parties, the capitalist mode of production — Ludwig von Mises
Governments first of all have been able to amass, through the taxation process, large sums of capital which they have redistributed to persons or groups,… — Immanuel Wallerstein
One by one, these governments came undone, and were forced into IMF tutelage (and national illegitimacy) by the careening oil prices, the debt imbroglio, and… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which… — James Madison
Governments must take on the central role of creating an investment climate across Africa that supports enterprise and the role of the private sector and… — Jeroen van der Veer
Civil society rests on moral relationships. They are covenantal rather than contractual. They are brought about not by governments but by us a husbands and… — Jonathan Sacks
In an age of interdependence, global citizenship - based on trust and sense of shared responsibility - is a crucial pillar of progress. At a… — Kofi Annan
The preservation of biodiversity is not just a job for governments. International and non-governmental organisations, the private sector and each and every individual have a… — Kofi Annan
If you give the government the right to determine the consumption of the human body, to determine whether one should smoke or not smoke, drink… — Ludwig von Mises
[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. I… — Gouverneur Morris
Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments. — Gouverneur Morris
The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe, which serve to support tyrannical governments, are not the Christian religion, but abuses and corruptions of it. The religion of… — Noah Webster
The obligation of human beings to support and obey human governments, while they legislate upon the principles of the moral law, is an unalterable as… — Charles Grandison Finney
This balance between the National and State governments ought to be dwelt on with peculiar attention, as it is of the utmost importance. It forms… — Alexander Hamilton
The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for ever preclude the… — Alexander Hamilton
The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect themselves with the… — Joseph Story
In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government. They can exist… — Joseph Story
The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by allowing them a… — Alexander Hamilton
There is one transcendant advantage belonging to the province of the State governments . . . -I mean the ordinary administration of criminal and civil… — Alexander Hamilton
But ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments, would not excite the opposition of a single State, or of… — James Madison
I wish not to be regarded as an advocate for the particular organizations of the several state governments . . . they carry strong marks… — James Madison
The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment, and of giving… — James Madison
That useful alterations will be suggested by experience, could not but be foreseen . . . . It moreover equally enables the general and state… — James Madison

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