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Henry Ford on Money

1863–1947 United States

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6 quotes

Money doesn't change men. It merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish, or arrogant, or greedy, the money brings it out; that's all.

Money is only a tool in business. It is just a part of the machinery. You might as well borrow 100,000 lathes as $100,000 if the trouble is inside your business. More lathes will not cure it; neither will more money. Only heavier doses of brains and thought and wise courage can cure. A business that misuses what it has will continue to misuse what it can get.

My Life and Work (1922)

Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.

Misattributed

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

Attributed

Variant: If the American people knew the corruption in our money system there would be revolution before morning.

Misattributed

It is perhaps well enough that the people of the Nation do not know or understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Henry Ford (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.