John D. RockefellerThinkers

Income redistribution ought not be attempted via taxation since doing so is essentially remedial. It would be be better to find new ways in society to spread ownership of future capital growth would offer a more positive approach.

Management is showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Oil is a lucrative business. A well run oil company is the best business in the world. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.

Philanthropy is best when it is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.

Possession is always suggestive of a duty, just as every right is always suggestive as a responsibility.

A Right always implies a responsibility, just as every possession implies a duty.

Success's secret is to do common things uncommonly well.

Taxes is limited as a method for achieving better economic distribution since it is essentially remedial, whereas finding new ways in society to spread ownership of future capital growth would offer a more positive approach.