Citizens Quote by Ravida Din

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.

— David Rockefeller

Companies are not charitable enterprises: They hire workers to make profits. In the United States, this logic still works. In Europe, it hardly does.

— Paul Samuelson

Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.

— Benjamin Carson

“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

Some corporations don't want free markets, and they don't want democracy. They want profits. And they use our campaign finance system to loot our…

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

Philanthropy can be integrated into business. I believe strongly that companies can be incredible agents of good in the world.

— Marc Benioff

There's a lot of complacency in philanthropy. People figure organizations are trying to do good, and that's enough, even if the results aren't there.…

— Dustin Moskovitz

I realize there are few sectors that can do what philanthropy does, which is look at big problems, take a long term view, try…

— Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

If you think of global public goods like polio eradication, the kind of risk-taking new approach, philanthropy really does have a role to play…

— Bill Gates

Today, we don't blink an eye when the world's wealthiest individuals donate enormous sums of money to charitable causes. In fact, we expect them…

— Peter Diamandis

It's very difficult to be continuously charitable in a capitalistic society. You've also got to make sure that you can pay everyone who works…

— Felix Dennis

If philanthropy is not voluntary, it destroys liberty and justice. The law can give nothing that has not first been taken from its owner.

— Frederic Bastiat