Lee Iacocca

Lido Anthony Iacocca better known as Lee Iacocca, is an American industrialist most commonly known for his revival of the Chrysler brand in the 1980s when he was the CEO.

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• We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, "Stay the course." Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America, not the damned Titanic.
  • Where Have All the Leaders Gone? (2007), Scribner, ISBN 1416532471

• We were on a joyride, on free energy almost. [...] It seems to me we need something like the Manhattan Project. We need some urgency saying, "Here's what we should be doing. We've got to get off fossil fuels."
  • "The Long View: Iacocca Says Detroit Is Living in the Past", Morning Edition, NPR, 26 April 2007

• It pains me to see my old company, which has meant so much to America, on the ropes. But Chrysler has been in trouble before, and we got through it, and I believe they can do it again. [...] Let's face it, if your car breaks down, you're not going to take it to the White House to get fixed. But, if your company breaks down, you've got to go to the experts on the ground, not the bureaucrats.