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. ROCKEFELLEROh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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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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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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The major fortunes in America have been made in land.
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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
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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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The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.
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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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And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.
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The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.
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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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Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.
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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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I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
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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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I think it is a man’s duty to make all the money he can, keep all that he can and give away all that he can.
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A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
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Save when you can and not when you have to.
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Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
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I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
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My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?”
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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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It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
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