"Monsanto said the report alleging bribery was 'a blatant untruth'... and demanded a retraction. The CBC stands by its story."

"We'll spend the rest of our days harvesting yesteryear's carpets and recycling them... with zero scrap going to the landfill... that's the vision."

In all his years teaching business, was never asked so pointedly what a corporation is.

"We must re-define our relationship to nature, corporations and controlling institutions."

...i.e., a corporate spy. Without guilt, uses deception to extract information from corporate executives.

"Morals over markets. We need to determine certain things shouldn't be bought and sold."

Says IBM's exclusive technology accelerated the Holocaust with the knowledge of its CEO and other employees.

Says gold traders had one thing on their minds as the twin towers burned.

"When you look at a corporation, just like when you look at a slave owner, you want to distinguish between the institution and the individual."

"We came up with the idea, launched it into the media... and within 8 months we had been in contact with over 20 nationally known companies."

Spoke with IBM CEO Thomas J. Watson several times about IBM's business relationship with the Third Reich.

"One in every two men get cancer, and one in every three women get cancer."

"Disney brand speaks of reassurance, it speaks of tradition, it speaks of quality."

"Asking a corporation to be socially responsible makes no more sense than asking a building to be."

"Corporations today have more power than governments."

"Why is it - after so many years of so many groups fighting toxic chemicals and winning... that every day more toxic chemicals are produced than the day before?"

"The corporation is the prototypical psychopath."

"Our governments, sadly, are just puppets for these companies."

"You can manipulate consumers into wanting, and therefore buying, your products. It's a game."

"The problem is that capitalism is amoral."

"We'd better do something fast to put a net underneath this global economy, or else we're all going down."

Doesn't like to use the word "corporation".

"The primary question is: how do we make corporations democratically accountable?"

"Branding isn't advertising; it's the new production."

"First and foremost, I want a motivated workforce."

Helps big corporations "have a voice" and share "how they feel about things."

Critic of the Nag Factor study and of exploiting children's developmental vulnerabilities.

"We don't get anything for political contributions other than supporting people who support the right kinds of policies. Helping them get elected. It doesn't give us anything special in return."

"Corporate governance is who is responsible for running the company, how do they function and to whom they are accountable."

"Were our founder, Marcus Samuel, to reappear today, I do not think he would be displeased with what has grown from his efforts."

"The problem is the profit motive: for corporations, there's no such thing as 'enough'."

Trusts in the people's capacity for "reflection, rage and rebellion."

Compares people influenced by his campaigns as "roaches" taking the "brand bait" and spreading it.

"Culture is primary."

"I constantly question myself: How can I bring values into an industry that is certainly not values-laden?"

"In every period of history... eventually, when you call a bluff, the tables turn."

"When Disney wants to market adult fare, they brand it Touchstone."

"Sweatshops like Nike's factories help the world's poor get ‘plump and healthy'."

"It is never easy choosing the 10 Worst Corporations of the Year - there are always more deserving nominees than we can possibly recognize."

"One way or another, we will continue to report stories about the environment and other important issues that are being increasingly ignored and mis-reported."

Dismisses Edwin Black's allegations against IBM as having been "discredited."

"It has been said, 'Slavery is the legal fiction that a person is property and corporate personhood is the legal fiction that property is a person.'"

"Fascism rose in Europe with the help of enormous corporations."