“I am a commercial artist because I paint to earn a living. We who earn money from what we produce are all commercial artists.” ArtistProducePaintCommerce Author:Jack White
“The spirit of commerce is frugality, economy, moderation, labor, ponderance, tranquillity, order, and rule. So long as this spirit subsides, the riches it produces have no bad effect. The mischief is when excessive wealth destroys the spirit of commerce, then it is that the conveniences of inequality... are felt.” LongSpiritOrderFeltWealthEconomyEffectsProduceLaborRichesInequalityCommerceModerationConvenienceMischiefFrugalityTranquillity Author:Baron de Montesquieu
“One imputation in particular has been repeated till it seems as if some at least believed it: that I am an enemy to commerce. They admit me a friend of agriculture, and suppose me an enemy to the only means of disposing of its produce.” IfsMeanHas BeensSeemsEnemyProduceParticularCommerceAgriculture Book:17 February to 30 April 1801 Source: 17 February to 30 April 1801
“We're still promoting stupid wasteful behavior in agribusiness - everything from ethanol production for cars to genetically modified crops. In commerce just about everything we do politically is in the service of WalMart and the systems tied to it. In transportation, we could, for instance, have compelled General Motors to produce railroad rolling stock as a condition of their bail-out, but we didn't do that. Instead, we're chasing the phantom of electric cars - and, believe me, we are going to be mortally disappointed how that works out.” BelieveStillsConditionsCarStupidProduceBehaviorProductionsWork OutInstanceDisappointedTiedElectricBelieve In MeCommerceRollingChasingCompelledPromotingMotorCropsTransportationPhantomsRailroadsBailGeneral MotorsWalmartElectric CarGenetically ModifiedEthanolAgribusiness Author:James Howard Kunstler
“The commerce of a free people is many times more valuable than that of slaves. Freemen produce and consume vastly more than slaves. They have therefore more to buy and more to sell. Hence the free states have a direct pecuniary interest in the civil freedom of all the other states. Commerce between free and slave states is not reciprocal or equal.” PeopleStatesInterestProduceEqualDirectSellsSlaveValuableCommerceReciprocalFreemanFree State Book:The Unconstitutionality of Slavery Source: The Unconstitutionality of Slavery