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Howard Schultz, chief executive officer of Starbucks Corp., speaks during an interview inside of one of the company's coffee shops in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, April 26, 2011.
Monday, Aug. 15, 2011

Open quoteIt is a sad state of affairs that the only thing they'll listen to is money.Close quote

  • HOWARD SCHULTZ,
  • the chairman and chief executive of Starbucks, after urging employees of his company and U.S. citizens to stop donating to political campaigns in order to get the country's leaders to stop putting 'partisan agendas before the people's agenda'
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