Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
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Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
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I’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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God gave me my money.
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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.
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