Thomas Jefferson.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

Likewise;

"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."

Corporations are not people.

They are instruments of oligarchs that do not envision limits for themselves.

Likewise, We the People are free to form businesses - the key difference between an entrepreneur and a corporation, is how localized and powerful they are.

Pfizer vs 3 restaurant chain owned by a single family.

Difference = vast. The former is indefensible.

Thomas Jefferson.

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

Likewise;

"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."