David Cay Johnston on History
Browse 2 quotations attributed to David Cay Johnston, catalogued under history, with dates where available.
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Attributed to David Cay Johnston, entry #64890: "lassical "corporations"... existed not for profit but in service of the state. ...A key tenet ...has changed since ancient times... If a business fails, the chief executive does n…"
Attributed to David Cay Johnston, entry #205501: "All of the Founders of this country... were well steeped in the history of the ancient world. ...hey were very concerned about the rabble... about people being inflamed, and makin…"
2 Quotes by David Cay Johnston on History
"lassical "corporations"... existed not for profit but in service of the state. ...A key tenet ...has changed since ancient times... If a business fails, the chief executive does not have to become a slave to the bank... Corporations... have inverted the Roman equation: ...the state serves them."
"All of the Founders of this country... were well steeped in the history of the ancient world. ...hey were very concerned about the rabble... about people being inflamed, and making bad decisions, and ruining this idea they had. ...In many places you weren't allowed to vote if you were just a wage earner. The theory, and this came out of the horrible system of the Dutch in Hudson Valley, where ordinary people would be told by their boss, who to vote for. But if you were a no one could tell you what to do."