I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
You could transfer Congress over to run Standard Oil or General Motors, and they would have both things bankrupt in two years. — Will Rogers 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
The Catholic Church must be the biggest corporation in the United States. We have a branch office in every neighborhood. Our assets… — Avro Manhattan 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
Rockefeller and his associates did not build the Standard Oil Co. in the board rooms of Wall Street banks. They fought their… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Today, we have our own concentrations of economic power. Instead of Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, the Union Pacific Railroad, and J. P.… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Nike used to be known as Blue Ribbon Sports. What's now Sara Lee used to be Consolidated Foods. And Exxon was once… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
I'm glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I'm glad many people… — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for… — Smedley Butler 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
These international bankers and Rockefeller Standard Oil interests control the majority of newspapers and the columns of these papers to club into… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
