--- title: "12 Standard oil Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 12 Standard oil quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Standard oil sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/ida-tarbell-15988_being-successful_i-decided-to-write-the-book-to-open-the_880439.png" --- > [I decided to write the book to open the eyes of the people of how corrupt John D. Rockefeller company was and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-tarbell/i-decided-to-write-the-book-to-open-the-eyes-of-the-people-of-how/) [Ida Tarbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-tarbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58a/ida-tarbell-15988_being-successful_i-decided-to-write-the-book-to-open-the_880439.png) > [I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smedley-butler/i-helped-purify-nicaragua-for-the-international-banking-house-of/) [Smedley Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smedley-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/smedley-butler-17291_american_i-helped-purify-nicaragua-for-the-intern_2060119.jpg) > [Today, we have our own concentrations of economic power. Instead of Standard Oil, U.S. Steel, the Union Pacific Railroad, and J. P.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-packer/today-we-have-our-own-concentrations-of-economic-power-instead-of/) [George Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/george-packer-2917_amazon_today-we-have-our-own-concentrations-of_1391928.png) > [You could transfer Congress over to run Standard Oil or General Motors, and they would have both things bankrupt in two years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/you-could-transfer-congress-over-to-run-standard-oil-or-general/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b89/will-rogers-272_business_you-could-transfer-congress-over-to-run_572419.jpg) > [ I'm glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the \[ Standard Oil Company\]. I'm glad many people… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-rockefeller/i-m-glad-i-wrote-the-book-to-show-what-i-found-out-about-the-standard/) [John D. Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-rockefeller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/john-d-rockefeller-3693_book_i-m-glad-i-wrote-the-book-to-show-what-i_2014614.jpg) > [Nike used to be known as Blue Ribbon Sports. What's now Sara Lee used to be Consolidated Foods. And Exxon was once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-surowiecki/nike-used-to-be-known-as-blue-ribbon-sports-what-s-now-sara-lee-used/) [James Surowiecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-surowiecki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/james-surowiecki-2196_blue_nike-used-to-be-known-as-blue-ribbon-spo_1464069.jpg) > [The Catholic Church must be the biggest corporation in the United States. We have a branch office in every neighborhood. Our assets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avro-manhattan/the-catholic-church-must-be-the-biggest-corporation-in-the-united/) [Avro Manhattan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avro-manhattan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17c/avro-manhattan-63379_assets_the-catholic-church-must-be-the-biggest_972856.png) > [Rockefeller and his associates did not build the Standard Oil Co. in the board rooms of Wall Street banks. They fought their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-tarbell/rockefeller-and-his-associates-did-not-build-the-standard-oil-co-in/) [Ida Tarbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-tarbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f9/ida-tarbell-15988_associates_rockefeller-and-his-associates-did-not-b_1008648.jpg) > [One of the most depressing features of the ethical side of the matter is that instead of such methods arousing contempt they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-tarbell/one-of-the-most-depressing-features-of-the-ethical-side-of-the-matter/) [Ida Tarbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-tarbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/ida-tarbell-15988_business_one-of-the-most-depressing-features-of-t_2521760.jpg) > [These international bankers and Rockefeller Standard Oil interests control the majority of newspapers and the columns of these papers to club into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-roosevelt/these-international-bankers-and-rockefeller-standard-oil-interests-2/) [Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/944/theodore-roosevelt-218_bankers_these-international-bankers-and-rockefel_2980249.jpg) > [I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smedley-butler/i-helped-make-mexico-especially-tampico-safe-for-american-oil/) [Smedley Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smedley-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/185/smedley-butler-17291_banking_i-helped-make-mexico-especially-tampico_344320.jpg) > [Now, if the Standard Oil Company were the only concern in the country guilty of the practices which have given it monopolistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ida-tarbell/now-if-the-standard-oil-company-were-the-only-concern-in-the-country/) [Ida Tarbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ida-tarbell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/ida-tarbell-15988_acumen_now-if-the-standard-oil-company-were-the_1003504.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/standard-oil/#itemlist", "name": "Standard oil Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I decided to write the book to open the eyes of the people of how corrupt John D. 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I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. 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