Capital and labor are both wild forces which require intelligent legislation to hold them in restriction.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERI would rather earn 1% off a 100 people’s efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
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Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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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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The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
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God gave me my money.
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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.
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After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
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I’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.
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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.
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I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.
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