Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERCapital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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The common denominator for success is work.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
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Let the good work go on. We must ever remember we are refining oil for the poor man and he must have it cheap and good.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit, a reputation, character.
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We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.
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The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
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The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.
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When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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Competition is a sin.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
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I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.
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Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.
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The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil.
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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity? I care about others as well.
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I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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