James J. Hill quotes
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“The wealth of the country, its capital, its credit, must be saved from the predatory poor as well as the predatory rich, but above all from the predatory politician.”
-- James J. HillSource : James J. Hill (2001). “Highways of Progress”, p.307, The Minerva Group, Inc.
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“Most men who have really lived have had, in some share, their great adventure. This railway is mine.”
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“If you review the commercial history, you will discover anyone who controls oriental trade will get hold of global wealth.”
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“The passenger train is like the male teat - neither useful nor ornamental.”
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“Give me snuff, whiskey, and Swedes, and I will build a railroad to hell.”
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“Work, hard work, intelligent work, and then more work.”
-- James J. HillSource : James J. Hill (2001). “Highways of Progress”, The Minerva Group, Inc.
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“If you want to know whether you are destined to be a success or a failure in life, you can easily find out. The test is simple and it is infallible: Are you able to save money? If not, drop out. You will lose. You may think not, but you will lose as sure as you live. The seed of success is not in you.”
-- James J. Hill
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“Schweitzer in the Congo did not derive more moral credit than Larkin did for living in Hull.”
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“Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.”
Source : Letter from his cell at the Allenwood Federal Penitentiary to Stephen Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists, November 2000; cited on the FAS website. Ames, you see, was not at fault; it was those who trusted him.
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“The credit to them, the better team won and there's nothing we can do about that now.”
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Source : Source: www.hbook.com
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“Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.”
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