Corporations are people, my friend.

Mitt Romney

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Topic

Legal theory Corporations

Author

Mitt Romney

Medium

Speech

Statement Type

Political gaffe

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

Occupation

Politician

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Romney, Mitt. Quoted in "'Corporations are People,' Romney Tells Iowa Hecklers Angry Over His Tax Policy." New York Times, 11 Aug. 2011. Originally said in speech in Des Moines. Iowa State Fair. 11 Aug. 2011, Des Moines, IA, USA.

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The king, moreover, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of thinking wrong: he can never mean to do an improper thing: in him is no folly or weakness.

William Blackstone

Commentaries on the Laws of England

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Topic
Monarchy Legal theory

Author

William Blackstone
Source
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1765 1760s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Law of England: Book the First. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1765, ch. 7.

Current Citation

Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the Laws of England: Book I Of the Rights of Persons, edited by David Lemmings. Oxford University Press, 2016, ch. 7.