Politics Quote by Jane Mayer

“Rob Reich, a professor of political science at Stanford University and co-director of the Stanford Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, explains that private…

— Jane Mayer

“Legally, however, the Rockefeller Foundation, the granddaddy of all private foundations, was at first limited to promoting only education, science, and religion. Over time,…

— Jane Mayer

“the foundations set up as tax shelters by the wealthy tended to spend as much money glorifying the donors' names and providing cushy jobs…

— Anne Stuart

It seems incredible that the trustees of typically American fortune-created foundations should have permitted them to be used to finance ideas and practices incompatible…

— Norman Dodd

“Richard Posner, the iconoclastic libertarian legal scholar, has called perpetual charitable foundations a "completely irresponsible institution, answerable to nobody," and suggested that "the puzzle…

— Jane Mayer

“the only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism. Wealth”

— George Orwell

“It had long been realized that the only secure basis for oligarchy is collectivism. Wealth and privilege are most easily defended when they are…

— George Orwell

“The public good must come before private interests.”

— Bryant McGill

“Through their donations and work for voluntary organizations, the charitable rich exert enormous influence in society. As philanthropists, they acquire status within and outside…

— Teresa Odendahl

“Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, partly because of competition among the capitalists, and partly because technological development and the increasing…

— Albert Einstein

“For nearly four years you have had an Administration which instead of twirling its thumbs has rolled up its sleeves. We will keep our…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“The United States inherited a seemingly inexhaustible fortune in natural resources, yet it has responded to its environment with a dismaying mixture of materialism…

— Elmo Richardson