The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in.
Thomas A. EdisonI have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work.
Thomas A. EdisonThat is to say, under the old way any time we wish to add to the national wealth we are compelled to add to the national debt. Now, that is what Henry Ford wants to prevent. He thinks it is stupid, and so do I, that for the loan of $30,000,000 of their own money the people of the United States should be compelled to pay $66,000,000 - that is what it amounts to, with interest.
Thomas A. Edison