“All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That’s true in America, that’s true in China, that’s true in Germany.”

I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I’d rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves.

It’s amazing how much data is out there. The question is how do we put it in a form that’s usable?

A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.

One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period.

Social obligation is much bigger than supporting worthy causes. It includes anything that impacts people and the quality of their lives .

I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.

I don’t ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad.

For all the progress, we recognize we’re very far from the finish line.

I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us.

I believe fuel cells will finally end the 100-year reign of the internal combustion engine. . . Fuel cells could be the predominant automotive power source in 25 years.

Nobody’s irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we’ve had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I’d like to see that diminish.

When you factor in population growth, it’s clear that the mobility model that we have today simply will not work tomorrow.

I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century.

I quit seeing some people who were saying bad things about women; I don’t even want to meet them or see them.

It takes time and trouble to persuade ourselves that the things we want to do are the things we ought to do.

Outside His will, outside His thought, all is nothing, even the things which seem to us absolutely self-evident such as space and time.

The only thing I want is to awaken all humans on the planet that we are living on Mother Earth.

The refinement of the consciousness and of the heart, are considered incidental (or subordinate) things.

Innovations to which we are not committed are illuminating things.

The way to get things out of a government is to back them to the wall, put your hands to their throats, and you will get all they have.

There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good.