Ben Cohen > Quotes

“Without question, the balance of power on the planet today lies in the hands of business. Corporations rival governments in wealth, influence, and power. Indeed, business all too often pulls the strings of government. Competing institutions-religion, the press, even the military-play subordinate roles in much of the world today. If a values-driven approach to business can begin to redirect this vast power toward more constructive ends than the simple accumulation of wealth, the human race and Planet Earth will have a fighting chance.”
― Ben Cohen, Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun

“he derives the utmost pleasure from leading a player across “the bridge of finding out who he was and who he has to be, or who he will be.”
― Ben Cohen, The Art of Winning

“that the racist regime in occupied Palestine and the racist regime in Zimbabwe and South Africa have a common imperialist origin, forming”
― Ben Cohen, Some Of My Best Friends: A Journey Through Twenty-First Century Antisemitism (The Berlin International Center for the Study of Antisemitism

“The anti-Semite who avoids violence has no reservations about enabling, excusing, and rationalizing it. Israel,”
― Ben Cohen, Some Of My Best Friends: A Journey Through Twenty-First Century Antisemitism (The Berlin International Center for the Study of Antisemitism

“For a society based on the rule of law, the de facto reality that police officers are often treated as if they are above the law is repulsive.”
― Ben Cohen