As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can't be in a position of dictating to the consumer what to buy.

When you factor in population growth, it's clear that the mobility model that we have today simply will not work tomorrow. Four billion clean cars on the road are still four billion cars, and a traffic jam with no emissions is still a traffic jam.

I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century.

One of the things I've had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.

Social obligation is much bigger than supporting worthy causes. It includes anything that impacts people and the quality of their lives .

I don't ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad.

I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us. I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.