Corporations Quote by Joel Bakan

A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to…

— Larry Ellison

A corporation exists to provide jobs for the community. A corporation exists to make charitable donations to the symphony or the homeless shelter or…

— Rush Limbaugh

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

The corporation is the dominant and dominating institution of our time. Governments identify growth and development with commercial corporations and shower them with subsidies,…

— Eric Kierans

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

The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not just profit per se. This will drive the next wave of…

— Michael Porter

“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

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

— Ambrose Bierce

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

— Ambrose Bierce

Corporations are economic entities, to be sure, but they are also social institutions that must justify their existence by their overall contribution to society.

— Henry Mintzberg

The good parts about being a public company are increased discipline, increased execution and increased transparency to make sure that you are really building…

— Dan Rosensweig

The sole function of Government is to bring about a condition of affairs favorable to the beneficial development of private enterprise.

— Herbert Hoover