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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.
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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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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The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law that government is the servant of the people and not their master.
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Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
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I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.
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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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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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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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You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise - the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
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I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
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It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.
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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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When work goes out of style we may expect to see civilization totter and fall.
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I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
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The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
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Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.
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To think! All that power and he wasn't even rich!
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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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