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Friday, 7 July 2017

Quotes for 8 Jul 17 - HB John D. Rockefeller, Sr. 8 Jul 1839

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. - John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (1839 - 1937)

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere moneymaking has never been my goal. I had an ambition to build. --John D. Rockefeller, Sr, in Allen Nevins, _Study in Power: John D. Rockefeller_, v. 1

I believe the power to make money is a gift of God...to be developed and used to the best of our abiblity for the good of mankind. Having been endowed with the gift I possess, I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money, and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience. --John D. Rockefeller, Sr, in Matthew Josephson, _The Robber Barons_

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