Carolina QuotesCorporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn.
Andrew Jackson Carolinian
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This is widely attributed to Jackson on the internet, but in research done for Wikiquote, no published source has been found. Similar remarks, "Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like." and "It has no soul to damn and no body to kick." have been attributed to Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (9 December 1731 – 12 September 1806).
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- 1731
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“Corporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn.” Andrew Jackson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-351274B21D. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/351274b21d
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