Consideration Quote by Edward Coke

A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law.

— John Marshall

The corporation is not a person; it is a legal fiction backed up by guns and police and jail cells and taxing authorities and…

— Jerry Brown

A corporation, essentially, is a pile of money to which a number of persons have sold their moral allegiance.

— Wendell Berry

“[A corporation is] a collection of many individuals united into one body, under a special denomination, having perpetual succession under an artificial form, and…

— Jonathan Haidt

The corporation is one of the great unheralded human inventions of destruction. It is a way to absolve from any personal liability a bunch…

— Keith Olbermann

Wealth aggregates and becomes political power. Simple as that. ‘Corporation’ is just the most recent name for it.

— Daniel Suarez

The corporation is not an independent "person" with its own rights, needs, and desires that regulators must respect. It is a state created tool…

— Joel Bakan

“Now combine an application like that—a widely distributed entity that never dies—with tens of millions of dollars and the ability to purchase goods and…

— Daniel Suarez

Corporations are created by the people, acting through their governments. We grant them corporate charters that confer certain legal rights and privileges, like the…

— Jim McGovern

Corporations are legal fictions created by the State to shield executives from liability… It’s like if I had a little hand-puppet, and I went…

— Stefan Molyneux

Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.

— Ambrose Bierce

“Corporations are not legal “persons” with constitutional rights and freedoms of their own, but legal fictions that we created and must therefore control.”

— Kalle Lasn