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Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.
John D. Rockefeller
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John D. Rockefeller
Age: 97 †
Born: 1839
Born: July 8
Died: 1937
Died: May 23
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Richford
New York
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller
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John Davison Rockefeller Sr.
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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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Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
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Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.
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That is not true I am not a greedy man because if I was why would i donate money to charity?I care about others as well.
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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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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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