Philip Morris Quotations

We're absolutely confident that, after the jury hears our evidence, we will prevail in this case.

permit such marketing to be directed toward adult smokers.

only when no other reasonable alternative testing methodology exists.

Given the decision to decertify in a case also based on alleged fraudulent misrepresentations to consumers, we think it is clear that this court will decertify

I think reasonable people recognize that if we gave the keys to the business to the federal government, youth smoking is not going to go away,

It does, however, represent a significant discount from the exorbitant amount requested.

merchandising practices at the wholesale and retail levels.

well in excess of the four-to-one ratio the U.S. Supreme Court has suggested approaches the constitutional limit of such awards.

We do not agree that the industry should be held solely accountable for social behavior that neither it, nor the government, can control,

We have been talking to growers all along the fringes of the traditional burley growing area, ... We are still contracting with growers.

The proposal as outlined to the White House and the members of Congress represents a carefully developed consensus on how best to resolve public health concerns immediately,

We didn't expect Congress to rubber stamp what we had negotiated, ... But we did think that we were there in good faith.

While we continue to believe the lawsuit is without merit and should be dismissed, we intend to meet with the department's representatives and listen to what they may have to say, ... We do not intend to comment any further about the meeting.

We will undoubtedly spend the coming weeks and months appealing the seemingly endless list of errors... in the case,

We could promote the 'care and feeding' of journalists to develop a network sympathetic to Philip Morris, ... Using this approach in the U.S. we have been able to get favorable articles/commentaries in major publications such as the Wall Street Journal , National Review and reach millions of the public through the numerous syndicated columnists that are in our network.

did not invest the same amount of effort as earlier states.

There's probably not a country in the world that can withstand a verdict this size.

adversely affect its operating income and cash flows for the fourth quarter and year 1998, and will likely materially adversely affect the cash flows and operating income of the company in future years.

This is an inappropriate effort by these organizations to improperly inject themselves into a lawsuit to which they are not parties, ... We will be responding in detail to this brief in a future filing.

The award of $775 million to the attorneys representing Massachusetts is excessive,

It was just racing. I didn't see him up beside of me. They said he was looking but I didn't see him up to the door, so I just tried to hold the bottom and evidently he was there and we got together and he did an awful good job of not wrecking me.

This is a verdict in favor of no one and it will not have any practical impact on Philip Morris and its employees,

For them -- Big Tobacco -- this trial was about money. For us, it was about people's lives.... We still feel they're arrogant.