Quote #1
Three generations from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves.
More from Andrew Carnegie
- The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in…
- While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fi…
- Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends-the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equall…
- Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate …
- Thus is the problem of Rich and Poor to be solved. The laws of accumulation will be left free; the laws of distribution free. Individualism…
- The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced. (p. 664)
- Such, in my opinion, is the true Gospel concerning Wealth, obedience to which is destined some day to solve the problem of the Rich and the…
- Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. (p. 684)