The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon read more

The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon the level of technology and the ability to create new knowledge.

Conducting your business in a socially responsible way is good business. It means that you can attract better employees and read more

Conducting your business in a socially responsible way is good business. It means that you can attract better employees and that customers will know what you stand for and like you for it.

We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses.

We are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses.

Above all, we wish to avoid having a dissatisfied customer. We consider our customers a part of our organization, and read more

Above all, we wish to avoid having a dissatisfied customer. We consider our customers a part of our organization, and we want them to feel free to make any criticism they see fit in regard to our merchandise or service. Sell practical, tested merchandise at reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings -- and they will always come back.

Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.

Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.

Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and read more

Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.

Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect read more

Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect natural resources to become more scarce. Rather, if history is any guide, natural resources will progressively become less costly, hence less scarce, and will constitute a smaller proportion of our expenses in future years.

What matters is not the allocation of portions out of a fund presented to man by nature. The problem is read more

What matters is not the allocation of portions out of a fund presented to man by nature. The problem is rather to further those social institutions which enable people to continue and to enlarge the production of all those things which they need.

The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.

The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.