Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is great; but the advantages of this law are also greater still than its cost- for it is to this law that we owe our wonderful material development, which brings improved conditions in its train.

The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.

Mutual ignorance breeds mutual distrust.

The only irreplaceable capital an organization possesses is the knowledge and ability of its people. The productivity of that capital depends on how effectively people share their competence with those who can use it.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.