Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by means of a negative, by the threat of punishment, injury...
America's abundance was created not by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortu...
Life curses some poor people with the love of luxury, while it blesses some with the very same thing.
Providing employment is the best form of social service, as it serves you, others, your country, your world - the entire society.
A real businessman value his partners like friends and his partnership like friendship.
But a certain dullness of mind seems an almost necessary qualification, if not for every public man, at least for every one seriously engaged in making money.