Andrew Carnegie
Birthdate: November 25, 1835
Birthplace: Dunfermline, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: August 11, 1919
Occupation: Businessman and Philanthropist
Profile: Best known for
The Gospel of Wealth.
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie
Number of Quotes: 4
And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best
for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
Men who continue hoarding great sums all their lives, the proper use of which for the public ends would work good to
the community, should be made to feel that the community, in the form of the state, cannot thus be deprived of its proper
share. By taxing estates heavily at death the state marks its condemnation of the selfish millionaire's unworthy life.
Never speculate ... if you have savings, invest them in solid securities, lands, or property. The man who gambles upon the
exchanges is in the condition of the man who gambles at the gaming table. He rarely, if ever, makes a permanent success.
The man who dies rich dies disgraced.
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