Banking Quote by Frederick W. Smith

“My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business.”

Frederick W. Smith

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The United States tax system today is very prejudiced towards financialization, leverage, and lack of investment.

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A good Christian is a velvet-covered brick.

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My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

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I paid every effort to seek deregulation throughout FEDEX's start-up and expansion periods, because the biggest impediment to our growth was the government regulations…

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A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but…

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If you look historically, what creates growth and wealth is innovation and investment, and increase in scale - more customers.

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Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing…

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Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily…

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Every time we make an investment decision at FedEx, we ask ourselves: 'What is the return on this investment?'

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I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.

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