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History is more or less bunk.

Henry Ford

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Topic

History

Speaker

Henry Ford

Source

Chicago Tribune

Medium

Interview Newspapers

Language

English

Time

1916 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Ford, Henry. Interviewed by Charles N. Wheeler. Chicago Tribune, 25 May 1916.

I have 14 other grandchildren and if I pay one penny now, I'll have 14 kidnapped grandchildren.

J. Paul Getty

To reporters after his grandson was kidnapped and a ransom payment was demanded.

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Topic

Incentives Game theory

Speaker

J. Paul Getty

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Getty, Jean Paul. Statement to the press about his grandson's kidnapping. 26 July 1973, Guilford, England, UK.

There are but three generations in America from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves.

Andrew Carnegie

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Topic

Social mobility

Author

Andrew Carnegie

Source

Triumphant Democracy

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

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Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. Triumphant Democracy. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886, ch. 16.

Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black.

On the Ford Model T.

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Topic

Consumer choice Cars

Author

Henry Ford

Source

My Life and Work

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1909 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Ford, Henry and Samuel Crowther. My Life and Work. Doubleday, 1922, ch. 4.

You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.

Cornelius Vanderbilt

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Topic

Business competition Business Capitalism

Author

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Medium

Letter

Statement Type

Threat

Language

English

Time

1853 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Vanderbilt, Cornelius. Letter to Charles Morgan and C. K. Garrison. c. 1853.

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist.

J. Paul Getty

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Topic

Thinking for oneself Conformity Taking risks Business

Author

J. Paul Getty

Source

How to Be Rich

Language

English

Time

1965 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Getty, Jean Paul. How to Be Rich. Playboy Press, 1965.

If you hire only those people whom you understand, the company will never get better people than you are.

Soichiro Honda

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Topic

Employees Management Business

Speaker

Soichiro Honda

Source

Honda Motor

Genre

Biography

Language

Japanese

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Honda, Soichiro. Quoted in Honda Motor: The Men, the Management, the Machines by Tetsuo Sakiya. Kodansha, 1985.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

Henry Ford

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Topic

Business Corporate social responsibility Capitalism

Author

Henry Ford

Source

Dearborn Independent

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

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Citation

Ford, Henry. "Ford's Weekly Will Make Its Bow Sunday." New York Tribune, 10 Jan. 1919, p. 6.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

Andrew Carnegie

Read The Gospel of Wealth at carnegie.org

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Topic

Charity

Author

Andrew Carnegie

Language

English

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. "The Best Fields for Philanthropy." North American Review, 25 Nov. 1889.

Current Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. "The Best Fields for Philanthropy." The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings. Penguin Classics, 2006.

If you can actually count your money, then you are not really a rich man.

J. Paul Getty

Quoted in Observer

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Topic

The rich Wealth

Speaker

J. Paul Getty

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1957 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Getty, Jean Paul. Quoted in The Observer. 3 Nov. 1957.

Business is built by men who care-care enough to disagree, fight it out to a finish, get facts. When two men always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

William Wrigley Jr.

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Topic

Building a business Business

Speaker

William Wrigley Jr.

Source

The American Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

Authentication Score 0

Citation

Wrigley, William Jr. "Spunk Never Cost Man a Job Worth Having." Interviewed by Neil M. Clark. The American Magazine, Mar. 1931.

Wise people... Are so wise and practical that they always know to a dot just why something cannot be done; they always know the limitations.

Henry Ford

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Topic

Thinking outside the box Thinking big Innovation Creativity

Author

Henry Ford

Source

My Life and Work

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

Ford, Henry and Samuel Crowther. My Life and Work. Doubleday, 1922, ch. 1.

Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends-the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions.

Andrew Carnegie

Read The Gospel of Wealth at carnegie.org

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Topic

Property rights Political theory

Author

Andrew Carnegie

Language

English

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. "Wealth." North American Review, June 1889.

Current Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. "The Gospel of Wealth." The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings. Penguin Classics, 2006.