Multinationals Quotes

“People who own the world outright for profit will have to be stopped by influence, by power, by us.”
― Wendell Berry

“If governments, using all sorts of false pretexts, continue to restrict the rights of the citizens, so that they become mere slaves of a handful of multinationals, then a global revolt of the common man against extreme capitalism is not inconceivable.”
― A.J. Beirens, Gesels van een imaginaire god

“Imagine an alien, Fox said, who's come here to identify the planet's dominant form of intelligence. The alien has s look, then chooses. What do you think he picks? I probably shrugged.
The zaibatsus, Fox said, the multinationals. The blood of a zaibatsu is information, not people. The structure is independent of the individual lives that comprise it. Corporation as life form.
Not the Edge lecture again, I said.”
― William Gibson, Burning Chrome

“Simply remembering that corporations were invented should alone empower us to reinvent them to our liking.”
― Douglas Rushkoff, Team Human

“Als de overheden, onder allerlei valse voorwendsels, verder gaan met het inperken van de rechten van de burgers, zodat ze enkel nog lijfeigenen zijn van een handvol multinationals, dan is een globale opstand van de gewone mens tegen het superkapitalisme zeker niet ondenkbaar".”
― A.J. Beirens, Gesels van een imaginaire god

“If the authorities under various false pretenses, continue curtailing the rights of citizens, so that they merely become serfs to a handful of multinational companies, a global rebellion of ordinary people against super capitalism is certainly not inconceivable.”
― A.J. Beirens, Gesels van een imaginaire god

“Instead of everyone sharing the world's resources for the benefit of all, multinationals like McDonald's just want to use these resources to make profits for themselves. We have to fight back!”
― Helen Steele

“We feel this is a matter of free speech, people should have the right to put alternative views across and criticise multinationals, especially those who spend a fortune pushing their own propaganda.”
― Helen Steele