Saturday, May 03, 2014

US History 1973 - 2014 Commonplace Book: Lecture 7, The Rise of Conservatism

No thoughtful person can question that the American economic system is under broad attack.... The day is long past when the chief executive officer of a major corporation discharges his responsibility by maintaining a satisfactory growth of profits, with due regard to the corporation’s public and social responsibilities. If our system is to survive, top management must be equally concerned with protecting and preserving the system itself.

— Future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell, 1971
Introduction to (and explanation of) this quote series can be found here.  Read this tag to see all of them.

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