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. ROCKEFELLERSingleness of purpose is essential for success in life.
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Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
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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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The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.
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I cheat my boys every chance I get. I trade with the boys and skin ’em and I just beat ’em every time I can. I want to make ’em sharp.
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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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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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I wanted the best for my company, I had to do what I did to succeed. Everyone was lowering their prices to beat there competition so I did the same I eventually beat my competition.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers
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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 always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
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Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.
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I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.
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