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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.

Bill Ford

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

Believe Clipping Own Press
One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period.
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Economic Healthy Industry Strong
I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn’t know very well. They didn’t know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan.
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Groups Recovery Together Walked Window
Four billion clean cars on the road are still four billion cars, and a traffic jam with no emissions is still a traffic jam.
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Billion Car Emission Four
Creating a strong business and building a better world are not conflicting goals – they are both essential ingredients for long-term success
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Creating Responsible Strong
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.
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Automotive Believe Cells Combined Fuel Years
It’s amazing how much data is out there. The question is how do we put it in a form that’s usable?
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Data Form Information
I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.
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Danger Felt Marginalized Polluter
When you factor in population growth, it’s clear that the mobility model that we have today simply will not work tomorrow.
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Inspiration Motivation Technology
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.
BILL FORD

Frankly Long Nobody Personality Thinking
I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us.
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Danger Industry Pride Tobacco
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.
BILL FORD

Accomplishment Hype Speak Thinking
I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century.
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Believe Environmental Twenties
A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.
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Good Inspiring World
One of the things I’ve had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.
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Belief CEO Growing Management Top Up
Social obligation is much bigger than supporting worthy causes. It includes anything that impacts people and the quality of their lives .
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Impact Inspiring People

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.

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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.

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