"The corporation was originally conceived as a public institution whose purpose was to serve national interests and advance the public good."

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Source : Joel Bakan (2005). “The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

Joel Bakan

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“My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.”
“Our major universities are now stuck with an army of pedestrian, toadying careerists, Fifties types who wave around Sixties banners to conceal their record of ruthless, beaver-like tunneling to the top.”
“There are no words and there is no singing, but the music has a voice. It is an old voice and a deep voice, like the stump of a sweet cigar or a shoe with a hole. It is a voice that has lived and lives, with sorrow and shame, ecstasy and bliss, joy and pain, redemption and damnation. It is a voice with love and without love. I like the voice, and though I can't talk to it, I like the way it talks to me. It says it is all the same, Young Man. Take it and let it be.”
“There's so much to appreciate about my life every single day, and I make a big point of taking time to smell the roses and noticing how lucky I am. I never want to take that for granted.”
“When the fighters are in the ring, they want to dictate the pace. I want to dominate, so I want to impose to the other fighter my actions.”
“The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.”
“Don't give up on the people you love. Your patient love and faithfulness may be exactly what they need to make a complete turnaround.”
“Any society that derives its power and authority from the will of man alone lives apart from God and will crumble in the end.”

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