Ownership Control Quotes

That which you look upon as your own you may keep only so long as the world allows you to own it.

The right of absolute and irresponsible dominion is the right of property, and the right of property is the right of absolute, irresponsible dominion. The two are identical; the one necessarily implying the other.

My thing is to have a good, profitable company, for it to be 100% owned independently.

Under fascism, citizens retain the responsibilities of owning property, without freedom to act and without any of the advantages of ownership. Under socialism, government officials acquire all the advantages of ownership, without any of the responsibilities, since they do not hold title to the property, but merely the right to use it -- at least until the next purge. In either case, the government officials hold the economic, political and legal power of life or death over the citizens.

More than illness or death, the American journalist fears standing alone against the whim of his owners or the prejudices of his audience. Deprive William Safire of the insignia of the New York Times, and he would have a hard time selling his truths to a weekly broadsheet in suburban Duluth.

We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands.

What you had at the time was a dictatorship with the team owners.

What I have in my power, that is my own. So long as I assert myself as holder, I am the proprietor of the thing.

Once you buy a prize, it's yours to keep.

Market price, while used exclusively to value our investments in minority positions, is not a relevant factor when applied to our controlling interests.

I think overall it is better for businesses to stay private because you have more latitude, more freedom.

Probably when I gave things to Slavica [ Ecclestone], you know the shares of the company, and things like that. And she put it all in trust and the trust sold the shares. Um, would I turn the clock back if I could and so I still owned the company completely? Probably yes. It probably wasn't a good decision, but it was the decision that had to be made. Was I happy that I made it? No.

I enjoy not being a public company.