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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I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us.
More Bill Ford Quotes
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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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I don’t ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad.
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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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One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period.
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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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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.
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I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.
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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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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.
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