Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish.

A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.

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.

I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn't know very well. They didn't know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan.

Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish.

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

Creating a strong business and building a better world are not conflicting goals - they are both essential ingredients for long-term success