We are a commercial people. We cannot boast of our arts, our crafts, our cultivation; our boast is in the wealth we produce.
IDA TARBELLRipe old age, cheerful, useful, and understanding, is one of the finest influences in the world.
More Ida Tarbell Quotes
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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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The only reason I am glad I am a woman is because I will not have to marry one.
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Buy cheap and sell high is a rule of business, and when you control enough money and enough banks you can always manage that a stock you want shall be temporarily cheap.
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No value is destroyed for you – only for the original owner.
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One of the permanent possessions of the human heart is the memory of its noble enthusiasms.
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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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My final comment is that I still believe this man [John D. Rockefeller] is corrupt and he used unfair ways to become wealthy, all he cared about was his money and wasn’t considered.
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Canonise ‘business success,’ and men who made a success like that of the Standard Oil Trust become national heroes!
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A popular disturbance never remains long in the full control of those who start it.
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There is no more effective medicine to apply to feverish public sentiments than figures.
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[On dishonest business methods:] … frequently the defender of the practice falls back on the Christian doctrine of charity, and points out that we are erring mortals and must allow for each other’s weaknesses!.
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One of the most depressing features of the ethical side of the matter is that instead of such methods arousing contempt they are more or less openly admired. And this is logical.
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I have never seen fundamental improvements imposed from the top by ordinances and laws.
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Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists – with it all things are possible.
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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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