Zac Goldsmith Quotes

I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.

I think we're in an era of unprecedented dominance by corporations. I think people understand that deeply; I don't think that's even questioned.

One aspect of modern life which has gone far to stifle men is the rapid growth of tremendous corporations ... The disappearance of free enterprise has led to a submergence of the individual in the impersonal corporation.

We Have Got To Bring Corporate America To Its Knees

There is all of this protesting against corporate power, but in reality, corporations have to persuade you - they could have a ton of money, but actually only government can use force.

You know, I never fight for corporate America.

I just had it with the corporate money, money, money label thing.

We can no longer allow multinationals to parade as agents of progress and democracy in the newspapers, even as they subvert it at the workplace.

Life, especially in America, is ruled by corporations.

Transnational, gigantic industrial companies no longer operate within political systems, but rather above them.

We need reform, but not at the hands of Wall Street.

By leveraging their freedom from the bonds of location, corporations could now dictate the economic policy of governments.

Exxon Mobil and JPMorgan Chase each made more in profits in the first quarter of 2012 alone than the entire state budget of Montana. Without a doubt, multinational corporations like these have the resources to overwhelm the voices of the people.

Because of my politics, I don't necessarily think that the independent capitalist is that much better than the multinational capitalist; it's just that the independent capitalist hasn't grown as big yet.

In the corporate media, there is almost no criticism of corporations or American empire.

I will not let the interests of powerful corporations close our economy or jeopardize consumers.

The multinational corporations now developing budgets often bigger than medium-sized countries — these live in a global space which is largely unregulated, not subject to the rule of law, and in which people may act free of constraint.

Corporations now govern society, perhaps more than governments themselves do; yet ironically, it is their very power, much of which they have gained through economic globalization, that makes them vulnerable.

The power of large corporations is still a scourge on the earth, but at least the arguments supporting them are undermined now.

I'm not against the corporations. They are our wealth. But they are getting too greedy. I don't want to do away with corporations. I want them to make our cars, however, not our laws.

We have a lot of issues with corporate power that have to be addressed. My plan takes us further and it would do the job.

nation state as a fundamental unit of man's organized life has ceased to be the principal creative force: International banks and multinational corporations are acting and planning in terms that are far in advance of the political concepts of the nation-state.

I am not supportive of large multi-national corporations that made billions a year in profit and don't pay a nickel in taxes, nor am I supportive of those corporations who throw American workers out on the street and then move to China or Mexico.

The history of the twentieth century was dominated by the struggle against totalitarian systems of state power. The twenty-first will no doubt be marked by a struggle to curtail excessive corporate power.

Greed and globalization aren't just America's fault.