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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
John D. Rockefeller
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John D. Rockefeller
Age: 97 †
Born: 1839
Born: July 8
Died: 1937
Died: May 23
Accountant
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Richford
New York
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller
Sr.
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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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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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If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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