It is time for corporate America to become 'the third pillar' of social change in our society, complementing the first two pillars of government and philanthropy. We need the entire private sector to begin committing itself not just to making profits, but to fulfilling higher and larger purposes by contributing to building a better world.

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The question remains: which brands will commit to creating a private sector pillar of social change, and which will become casualties of their own outdated thinking?

— Simon Mainwaring

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A world in which government is burdened by historic debt, philanthropy has limited resources, and the private sector is only interested in its own personal gain is simply unsustainable.

— Simon Mainwaring

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We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn't.

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You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.

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The private sector is motivated by profit and efficiency and the US government often is not.

— Eric C. Anderson

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