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  1. A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

    INCORPORATION, n. The act of uniting several persons into one fiction called a corporation, in order that they may be no longer responsible for its actions. A, B and C are a corporation. A robs, B steals and C (it is necessary that there be one gentleman in the concern) cheats. It is a plundering, thieving, swindling corporation. But A, B and C, who have jointly determined and severally executed every crime of the corporation, are blameless. It is wrong to mention them by name when censuring their acts as a corporation, but right when praising.

    Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
    “Incorporation,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1885-10-03)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/81536…

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  2. A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

    INCORPORATION, n. The act of uniting several persons into one fiction called a corporation, in order that they may be no longer responsible for its actions. A, B and C are a corporation. A robs, B steals and C (it is necessary that there be one gentleman in the concern) cheats. It is a plundering, thieving, swindling corporation. But A, B and C, who have jointly determined and severally executed every crime of the corporation, are blameless. It is wrong to mention them by name when censuring their acts as a corporation, but right when praising.

    Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
    “Incorporation,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1885-10-03)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/81536…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #accountability #bigbusiness #blame #business #corporation #crime #criminality #incorporation #irresponsibility #legalfiction #liability #unaccountability

  3. A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

    INCORPORATION, n. The act of uniting several persons into one fiction called a corporation, in order that they may be no longer responsible for its actions. A, B and C are a corporation. A robs, B steals and C (it is necessary that there be one gentleman in the concern) cheats. It is a plundering, thieving, swindling corporation. But A, B and C, who have jointly determined and severally executed every crime of the corporation, are blameless. It is wrong to mention them by name when censuring their acts as a corporation, but right when praising.

    Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
    “Incorporation,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1885-10-03)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/81536…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #accountability #bigbusiness #blame #business #corporation #crime #criminality #incorporation #irresponsibility #legalfiction #liability #unaccountability

  4. A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

    INCORPORATION, n. The act of uniting several persons into one fiction called a corporation, in order that they may be no longer responsible for its actions. A, B and C are a corporation. A robs, B steals and C (it is necessary that there be one gentleman in the concern) cheats. It is a plundering, thieving, swindling corporation. But A, B and C, who have jointly determined and severally executed every crime of the corporation, are blameless. It is wrong to mention them by name when censuring their acts as a corporation, but right when praising.

    Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
    “Incorporation,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1885-10-03)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/81536…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #accountability #bigbusiness #blame #business #corporation #crime #criminality #incorporation #irresponsibility #legalfiction #liability #unaccountability

  5. A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

    INCORPORATION, n. The act of uniting several persons into one fiction called a corporation, in order that they may be no longer responsible for its actions. A, B and C are a corporation. A robs, B steals and C (it is necessary that there be one gentleman in the concern) cheats. It is a plundering, thieving, swindling corporation. But A, B and C, who have jointly determined and severally executed every crime of the corporation, are blameless. It is wrong to mention them by name when censuring their acts as a corporation, but right when praising.

    Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
    “Incorporation,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1885-10-03)

    More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/81536…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #devilsdictionary #accountability #bigbusiness #blame #business #corporation #crime #criminality #incorporation #irresponsibility #legalfiction #liability #unaccountability

  6. 📚 The Widow by: John Grisham

    Simon Latch is a lawyer in rural Virginia, making just enough to pay his bills while his marriage slowly falls apart. Then into his office walks Eleanor Barnett, an elderly widow in need of a new will. Apparently, her husband left her a small fortune, and no one knows about it.

    Once he hooks the riche...

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