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Profits are like breathing. You have to have them. But who would stay alive just to breathe?
Profits are like breathing. You have to have them. But who would stay alive just to breathe?
Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at read more
Capitalism needs to function like a game of tug-of-war. Two opposing sides need to continually struggle for dominance, but at no time can either side be permitted to walk away with the rope.
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
...it is solely bigness in business which makes it possible to supply the masses with all those products the present-day read more
...it is solely bigness in business which makes it possible to supply the masses with all those products the present-day American common man does not want to do without. Luxury goods for the few can be produced in small shops. Luxury goods for the many require big business.
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.
Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and read more
Capitalists are motivated not chiefly by the desire to consume wealth or indulge their appetites, but by the freedom and power to consummate their entrepreneurial ideas.
Business, that's easily defined; it's other people's money.
Business, that's easily defined; it's other people's money.
Uncle claims that if he files his income tax wrong he'll go to jail, and if he files it right read more
Uncle claims that if he files his income tax wrong he'll go to jail, and if he files it right he'll go to the poor house.
The world does not pay for what a person knows, but it pays for what a person does with what read more
The world does not pay for what a person knows, but it pays for what a person does with what he knows.
