The competitive instinct is what I think drives organizations and people to become better and better. It can promote change toward progress and development, which is good for everybody. It can be the motivating force behind improvement in our social well-being that is far beyond anything we might have imagined on our own.
Lee R. RaymondI find it interesting that many of the people who want to restrict fossil fuels live in well-developed countries where abundant and affordable energy is readily available.
Lee R. RaymondThe freedoms that people have that flow from all civic institutions fundamentally come from the success of a market system.
Lee R. RaymondWithout competition, the spectacular development of technology that we have seen in the last one hundred years in this country would not have happened.
Lee R. RaymondWe have seen that in this country in the last few years, particularly on Wall Street, with the rise of the old human frailty of greed. This occurs when people begin to serve only their own needs to the detriment of everyone else.
Lee R. Raymond