...today reminded me of those made by a former Secretary in another Republican administration, who said that what was good for General Motors was good for the country. Some of the statements that have been made here today seem the same. Secretary Connally. I trust you...

...wondered if the Republican leadership was as able as had been assumed. Charles Wilson's observation that what was good for General Motors was good for the country prompted Joe Nolan to comment that the secretary of defense "could not keep a civil foot in his mouth."...

...and corporate boardrooms to Washington and back, no wonder that one secretary of defense could say that what was good for General Motors was good for the country and vice versa. Although I discuss a variety of economic issues in this survey, including general economic...

...corporation to gross a billion dollars. It was headed by Charlie "Engine" Wilson, who told Congress that what was good for General Motors was good for the country. In 1953 General Motors had 45 percent of the automobile market; in 1956 GM sold 51 percent of the cars...

...central that a cabinet member in Dwight Eisenhower's mid-century administration could dare to assert that what was good for General Motors was good for the country. It also energized the evolution of perhaps the two most powerful of American labor unions, the United...

...on the importance of being clear about priorities. Even if it were true, other things being equal, that what was good for General Motors was good for the country, people wanted to be clear about where Wilson's loyalties would lie in the rare event that there was...

...interest is good for all. Charles E. Wilson gave this idea its classic formulation when he suggested that what was good for General Motors was good for the country. And many critics of Wilson have seemed to object less to the principle of Wilson's law than to his...