The surprise of the fight on the long day, of the experiments with the shorter one, has been not only that the business could stand it, but that the business thrived under it as surely as the man did.
IDA TARBELLHe can choose the fair and open path, the path which sound ethics, sound democracy, and the common law prescribe, or choose the secret way by which he can get the better of his fellow man.
More Ida Tarbell Quotes
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You cannot settle a new country without suffering, exposure, and danger.
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The first and most imperative necessity in war is money, for money means everything else — men, guns, ammunition.
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Were it alone in these methods, public scorn would long ago have made short work of the Standard Oil Company. But it is simply the most conspicuous type of what can be done by these practices.
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I decided to write the book to open the eyes of the people of how corrupt John D. Rockefeller company was and the unfair ways he used to be successful.
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we were raising our standard of living at the expense of our standard of character.
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There is no more effective medicine to apply to feverish public sentiments than figures.
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No value is destroyed for you – only for the original owner.
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It’s always a revolution, you know, when things occur of which you have never happened to hear!
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Such fluctuations were the natural element of the speculator, and he came early, buying in quantities and holding in storage tanks for higher prices.
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They fought their way to control by rebate and drawback, bribe and blackmail, espionage and price cutting, by ruthless efficiency of organization.
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Many men ridicule the idea that it can be scientifically handled. They tell us the unemployed have always been with us, and always must be. It is the oldest reason in the world for tolerating injustice and misery.
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Ripe old age, cheerful, useful, and understanding, is one of the finest influences in the world.
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The only reason I am glad I am a woman is because I will not have to marry one.
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The methods it employs with such acumen, persistency, and secrecy are employed by all sorts of business men, from corner grocers up to bankers. If exposed, they are excused on the ground that this is business.
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It is not alone that justice is wounded by denying women a part in the making of the civilized world.
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