A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

Henry Ford

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Business Corporate social responsibility Capitalism

Author

Henry Ford

Source

Dearborn Independent

Medium

Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1919 1910s 20th century

Occupation

Industrialist Entrepreneur Businessperson

From

United States

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Citation

Ford, Henry. "Ford's Weekly Will Make Its Bow Sunday." New York Tribune, 10 Jan. 1919, p. 6.

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Life does not consist mainly—or even largely—of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through one's head.

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Autobiography

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Topic
Inner life Thoughts

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Mark Twain
Source
Mark Twain's Autobiography
Medium
Speech
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
1910 1910s 20th century
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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Autobiography. Vol. 1, Harper & Brothers, 1924.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "New York, January 10, 1906." Autobiography of Mark Twain, edited by Harriet E. Smith, Benjamin Griffin, Victor Fischer, Michael Barry Frank, Sharon K. Goetz, Leslie Diane Myrick, and Robert Hirst. Vol. 1, University of California Press, 2010.

Another quote about Business

The customer is always right.

Marshall Field

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Topic
Customers Business

Author

Marshall Field
Source
Boston Sunday Herald
Medium
Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1905 1900s 20th century
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Citation

Field, Marshall. "America's Biggest Taxpayer Is a Merchant Prince of Chicago: Leads Country's Big Taxpayers." The Sunday Herald, 3 Sept. 1905, Women's section, p. 10, col. 2.

Another quote from 1919

Freedom is always freedom for the one who thinks differently.

Rosa Luxemburg

The Russian Revolution

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Topic
Minority rights Freedom

Author

Rosa Luxemburg
Source
The Russian Revolution
Genre
Political literature Historical literature
Language
German
Time
1919 1910s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Luxemburg, Rosa. "The Russian Revolution." The Russian Revolution and Leninism or Marxism? Trans. Bertram Wolfe. University of Michigan Press, 1961, ch. 6. Originally, Die russische Revolution [The Russian Revolution]. Paul Levi, 1922, ch. 6.