I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

My mother was given to a typical question: "We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?" But my wife's typical question was "We have always done this. Why don't we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?"

Many of the deficiencies of our economic system could be alleviated if ways were found to broaden the ownership of the means of production... This has happened in some companies through ESOPs. Successful approaches of this sort would pay dividends in terms of employee commitment and morale. And they would not deprive anyone of his present holdings since they are based on future growth.

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.

It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I believe the power to make money is a gift from God...to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.