There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.
ANDREW CARNEGIEThere is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.
More Andrew Carnegie Quotes
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The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich.
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And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
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Here lies one who knew how to get around him, men who were cleverer than himself
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TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results.
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Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.
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People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
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We cannot afford to lose the Negro. We have urgent need of all and more. Let us therefore turn our efforts to making the best of him.
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A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.
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air castles are often within our grasp late in life, but then they charm not.
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Wealth is not to feed our egos, but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.
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Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
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The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.
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It is the mind that makes the body rich. There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
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Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.
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Humanity is an organism, inherently rejecting all that is deleterious, that is, wrong, and absorbing after trial what is beneficial, that is, right
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