The growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest... The American Beauty rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it.
— John D. Rockefeller Modern

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Interview explaining his business philosophy

Date / Period

1905

Category

Controversial

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https://archive.org/details/randomreminisce00rockgoog

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