I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Some people feel that the world owes them a living.
The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.
Work is at the core of human dignity.
Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.
I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
To sum it all up, the objective of my life has been to give work a moral and economic dignity.
It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
I believed - and believe - that capitalism works best for a freedom-loving society, that it brings more prosperity to more people than any other social-economic system, but that somehow we have to take care of people.
I believe in living for this world - that's my doctrine - to make everybody happy that you can.
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