I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed. So it is with every new thing. Progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready, and then it is inevitable. To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense.
Henry FordThe workingmen have been exploited all the way up and down the line by employers, landlords, everybody.
Henry FordA manufacturer is not through with his customer when a sale is completed. He has then only started with his customer.
Henry FordThe short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty, are not worth much.
Henry Ford