I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERGiving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.
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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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Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.
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Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.
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I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?
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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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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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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.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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Competition is a sin.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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