Eli Whitney quotes
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“I have always believed that I should have had no difficulty in causing my rights to be respected.”
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“An invention can be so valuable as to be worthless to the inventor,”
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“One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion.”
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“I have not only Arms but a large proportion of Armourers to make.”
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“You are undoubtedly acquainted with my Reputation, and as for my Penmanship it must speak for itself; this is to desire your Approbation to keep a public school.”
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“I have now taken a serious task upon myself and I fear a greater one that is in the power of any man to perform in the given time-but it is too late to go back.”
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“I never thought my cotton gin would change history.”
-- Eli Whitney
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“Only those who respect the personality of others can be of real use to them.”
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“Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.”
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“Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.”
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“Why to mute fish should'st thou thyself discoverAnd not to me, thy no less silent lover?”
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