The surprise of the fight on the long day, of the experiments with the shorter one, has been not only that the… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
I decided to write the book to open the eyes of the people of how corrupt John D. Rockefeller company was and… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Now, if the Standard Oil Company were the only concern in the country guilty of the practices which have given it monopolistic… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
[On dishonest business methods:] ... frequently the defender of the practice falls back on the Christian doctrine of charity, and points out… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
One of the most depressing features of the ethical side of the matter is that instead of such methods arousing contempt they… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
There is no gaming table in the world where loaded dice are tolerated, no athletic field where men must not start fair.… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
We are a commercial people. We cannot boast of our arts, our crafts, our cultivation; our boast is in the wealth we… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
When the business man who fights to secure special privileges, to crowd his competitor off the track by other than fair competitive… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Buy cheap and sell high is a rule of business, and when you control enough money and enough banks you can always… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Very often people who admit the facts, who are willing to see that Mr. Rockefeller has employed force and fraud to secure… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that respectable circle which knew as I did notthe value of security won,… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
My whole theory for the improvement of society is based on a belief in the discipline and the education of the individual to self-control… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
The surprise of the fight on the long day, of the experiments with the shorter one, has been not only that the business could… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it. — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
It's always a revolution, you know, when things occur of which you have never happened to hear! — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
In walking through the world there is a choice for a man to make. He can choose the fair and open path, the path… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
There is no more effective medicine to apply to feverish public sentiments than figures. — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
I have never had illusions about the value of my individual contribution! I realized early that what a man or a woman does is… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
[John D. Rockefeller] didn't care about anyone he did anything just to be rich and be the only company standing without any competition. He… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
I decided to write the book to open the eyes of the people of how corrupt John D. Rockefeller company was and the unfair… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Now, if the Standard Oil Company were the only concern in the country guilty of the practices which have given it monopolistic power, this… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image