Politics Quote by Edward O. Thorp

“The way we’ve set up corporations, even a majority vote of stockholders cannot demand that a corporation’s policies reflect the public good or preserve…

— David Suzuki

The days of CEOs getting rich while shareholders lose has got to end. Management must be accountable.

— John Paulson

For many of our shareholders, our stock is all they own, and we're acutely aware of that. Our culture [of conservatism] runs pretty deep.

— Charlie Munger

We're all shareholders. These guys below me, they see the CEO taking it easy, it's their money.

— Ivan Glasenberg

“In the combined and conscious picture of People, Planet and Profit, WE ARE ALL SHAREHOLDERS!”

— Tony Dovale

“Running the company for the shareholders often reduces its long-term growth potential.”

— Ha-Joon Chang

The great problem with corporate capitalism is that publicly owned companies have short time horizons. Unlike a privately owned business, the top executives of…

— Paul Craig Roberts

As a pro-business Democrat, I understand the obligations of publicly traded companies to maximize returns to shareholders.

— William M. Daley

There was a time when a company could not sell its shares to the public unless its revenues were growing and it was turning…

— Daniel Lyons

Unbeknownst to most American investors, significant portions of their public pension, mutual fund, life insurance and private portfolios are comprised of stocks of privately…

— Frank Gaffney

As we view the achievements of aggregated capital, we discover the existence of trusts, combinations, and monopolies, while the citizen is struggling far in…

— Grover Cleveland

I believe that the behavior of too many of our corporations investment bankers and fund managers has jeopardized some of the trust that investors…

— John C. Bogle