Populists and isolationists ignore the tangible benefits that have resulted from our active international role during the past half-century.
David RockefellerIf the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) raises the hackles of the conspiracy theorists, the Bilderberg meetings must induce apocalyptic visions of omnipotent international bankers plotting with unscrupulous government officials to impose cunning schemes on an ignorant and unsuspecting world.
David RockefellerI am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education.
David Rockefeller...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it.
David RockefellerMy grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.
David RockefellerI am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education. In order to appreciate cultures of another nation, one needs to go there, know the people and mingle with the culture of that country. One way to do that, if one is lucky enough, is to buy things from those cultures.
David Rockefeller