The 119+ John D. Rockefeller Quotes

Believing That Fundamental Conditions Of The Country Are Sound ... My Son And I Have For Some Days Been Purchasing Sound Common Stocks

We Are Coming To See That There Should Be No Stifling Of Labor By Capital, Or Of Capital By Labor; And Also That There Should Be No Stifling Of Labor By Labor, Or Of Capital By Capital.

I Shall Use Such Influence As I Have In Emphasizing The Basic Truths Common To All Denominations, In Lowering Denominational Barriers And In Promoting Effective Cooperation Among Christians Of Whatever Creed.

That Is Not True I Am Not A Greedy Man Because If I Was Why Would I Donate Money To Charity?i Care About Others As Well.

I'm Glad I Wrote The Book To Show What I Found Out About The [ Standard Oil Company]. I'm Glad Many People Read My Book And Found Out The Truth.

The American Beauty Rose Can Be Produced In The Splendor And Fragrance Which Bring Cheer To Its Beholder Only By Sacrificing The Early Buds Which Grow Up Around It. This Is Not An Evil Tendency In Business. It Is Merely The Working-out Of A Law Of Nature And A Law Of God.

This Sunday School Has Been Of Help To Me, Greater Perhaps Than Any Other Force In My Christian Life, And I Can Ask No Better Things For You Than That You, And All That Shall Come After You In This Great Band Of Workers For Christ, Shall Receive The Same Measure Of Blessedness Which I Have Been Permitted To Have.

Believing That Fundamental Conditions Of The Country Are Sound And There Is Nothing In The Business Situation To Warrant The Destruction Of Values That Has Taken Place On The Exchanges During The Past Week, My Son And I Have For Some Days Been Purchasing Sound Common Stocks. We Are Continuing And Will Continue Our Purchases In Substantial Amounts At Levels Which We Believe Represent Sound Investment Values.

I Was Trained From The Beginning To Work, To Save, And To Give.

I Have Nothing Else To Say Other Than I Wasn't Corrupt, Unfair, Or Greedy. I Was Smart When It Came To Making Decisions For My Company, And I Wasn't Greedy. I Gave To Others In Charity And Donated Money To Fund Programs. I Have Nothing Else To Say.

Capital And Labor Are Both Wild Forces Which Require Intelligent Legislation To Hold Them In Restriction.

If My Name Were John D Smith Iv I Wouldn't Have Been Elected To Anything.