Civil war Quote by Thom Hartmann

The Constitution provided no protection against corporations; the Constitution has a blind spot for them.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

“Corporate controlled governments protect the interests of the corporations and not the common people.”

— Steven Magee

“More and more it is evident that the State, and if necessary the nation, has got to possess the right of supervision and control…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Like the government, corporations must be bound with the chains of the Constitution, and especially of the Bill of Rights.

— L. Neil Smith

“When multi-national corporations are given the same powers as feudal states or nations: expect wars.”

— Norman Hartley

“Corporations haven’t limited their grasp to the First Amendment; pretty much any and virtually every amendment that could be used to further corporate interests…

— Thom Hartmann

“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

Thirty years after drafting the US Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson warned of the dangers posed by the corporation, writing of the need to…

— Ben Manski

“Government should protect people and regulate corporations, not protect corporations and regulate people.”

— Anthony Sloan

“A corporate controlled government is the enemy of the common people.”

— Steven Magee

“Unchecked Corporate power leads to tyranny just like unchecked Government power.”

— J.Adam Snyder