After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLERTaxation 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.
More John D. Rockefeller Quotes
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Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks
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Be sure that you are not deceiving yourself at any time about actual conditions.
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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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Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.
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Own nothing, control everything.
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To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
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Competition is a sin.
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The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.
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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 common denominator for success is work.
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Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!
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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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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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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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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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