“We can't have these great corporations crowding competition off the sidewalks. It's like an elephant saying, "Everyone for himself," as he dances among the chickens.” PoliticsEconomyCompetitionCorporationsLiberalismChickensElephantsSidewalk Author:Emanuel Celler
“The broad rich acres of our agricultural plains have been long preserved by nature to become her untrammeled gift to a people civilized and free, upon which should rest, in well-distributed ownership, the numerous homes of enlightened, equal, and fraternal citizens... Nor should our vast tracts of so-called desert lands be yielded up to the monopoly of corporations or grasping individuals, as appears to be much the tendency under the existing statute.” PeopleShouldWellsLongHas BeensHomePoliticsIndividualEconomyRichLandCitizensEqualTendenciesCorporationsLiberalismEnlightenedCivilizedBroadsOwnershipMonopolyGraspingAcresStatutesFraternal Author:Grover Cleveland
“There is the general belief that the corporation income tax is a tax on the "rich" and on the "fat cats." But with pension funds owning 30% of American large business-and soon to own 50%-the corporation income tax, in effect, eases the load on those in top income brackets and penalizes the beneficiaries of pension funds.” WisdomPoliticsBeliefEconomyRichEffectsTaxesCatIncomeFatsEaseCorporationsLiberalismFundLoadIncome TaxPensionBeneficiariesBrackets Author:Peter Drucker
“The institution of private property... is undergoing, at this time, a strain never put on it before. Not because the corporation, in essence, is retrogressive or unrepublican, but because in fact, it is unrepublican, and for that reason retrogressive also.” ReasonFactsPoliticsEconomyEssenceInstitutionsPropertyCorporationsLiberalismStrainPrivate Property Author:Peter S. Grosscup
“The effect of the corporation, under the prevailing policy of the free, go-as-you-please method of organization and management, has been to drive the bulk of our people, other than farmers, out of property ownership; and, if allowed to go on as present, it will keep them out... The paramount problem is not how to stop the growth of property, and the building up of wealth, but how to manage it so that every species of property, like a healthy growing tree will spread its roots deeply and widely in the soil of a popular proprietorship.” PeopleIfsHas BeensProblemPoliticsGrowthWealthEconomyGrowingTreeEffectsPolicyBuildingGoes OnPleaseHealthyRootsOrganizationManagementMethodPropertySpeciesSpreadManageCorporationsSoilLiberalismFarmersOwnershipPrevailingParamountBuilding UpProperty OwnershipGrowing Tree Author:Peter S. Grosscup
“I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation that anyone's child, even from the humblest of families, could grow up to own a business or corporation.” PeopleChildrenLongHas BeensWisdomPoliticsGrowsLibertyEconomyGrowing UpExpectationsPropertyCorporationsLiberalismOwnershipHomestead Act Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan
“Some representatives of monopolistic capitalism, sensing this evil in their system, have tried to silence criticism by pointing to the diffused ownership in the great corporations. They advertise, "No one owns more than 4 percent of the stock of this great company." Or they print lists of stockholders, showing that these include farmers, schoolteachers, baseball players, taxi drivers, and even babies.” EvilPoliticsSilenceCompanyEconomyPlayerBabyPercentCapitalismCriticismBaseballListsCorporationsLiberalismPrintDriversFarmersRepresentativesOwnershipPointingTaxiBaseball PlayerGreat CompanySensing Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“I am fascinated to hear of the impact that ESOPs have had on work-force morale in corporations of all sizes such as Sears Roebuck, Potomac Electric Power, Lowe's Companies and the Dow Chemical Company.” WisdomPoliticsForceCompanyEconomyImpactSizeCorporationsLiberalismChemicalsFascinatedElectricMoraleSearsLowesElectric PowerEsops Author:Robert S. Strauss
“A corporation is simply a form of organization used by human beings to achieve desired ends... Protecting the free-exercise rights of corporations like Hobby Lobby, Conestoga, and Mardel protects the religious liberty of the humans who own and control those companies.” HumansEndsRealityFormUsedReligionPoliticsChurchReligiousHuman BeingsCompanyLibertyRightsAchievePolicyExerciseProtectOrganizationSeparationIdeologyCorporationsHobbiesChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateReligious Liberty Author:Samuel Alito
“The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.” PoliticsDifferencesPartyDoorsRepublicanDemocraticCorporationsKneesDemocratic PartyVelocity Author:Ralph Nader