Quotes About Rockefeller

Rockefeller and Gates allowed beneficiaries to announce the receipt of gifts.

Refiners who used Tidewater were lured away with concessionary rates on Standard Oil pipelines, and Rockefeller swiftly bought up any remaining independent refineries that might be prospective Tidewater customers.

In 1886, Standard Oil set up the Natural Gas Trust, with Rockefeller as its largest shareholder.

So long as McKinley was in the White House, Rockefeller had implicit faith that his business interests would be safeguarded.

Thus, Rockefeller and other industrial captains conspired to kill competitive capitalism in favor of a new monopoly capitalism.

With the Tarbell series under way, Rockefeller kept a salutary distance from his new foundation.

Right on the eve of Tidewater's success, Rockefeller decided that he might recoup in the political arena what he was on the verge of losing in the economic sphere.

The church would have been devastated without the Rockefeller money and torn apart by the scandal.

Businessmen such as Rockefeller preferred to think of themselves as victims of political extortion, not as initiators of bribes.

Rockefeller's papers reveal that he and Standard Oil entered willingly into a staggering amount of corruption.

Armed with this potent weapon, Rockefeller obtained such excellent railroad rates that it compensated for having to ship the crude oil to

Rockefeller was never tempted to reconsider the issues raised by the Sherman Act.

Unable to compromise on business principles, Rockefeller chose to jeopardize family relations instead.

For Rockefeller, Rice was nothing but a blackmailer.

In exchange for this extraordinary concession, Rockefeller and Flagler didn't simply try to squeeze the railroads—they were much too shrewd and subtle for that—but offered compelling incentives.

As always, Rockefeller floated serenely above the bustle, pretending to be oblivious to any wrongdoing

Shy and bookish, she tended, like Rockefeller, to arrive at brilliant solutions by slow persistence.

Rockefeller almost never spoke so viciously—but he did bear a special grudge against Scofield.

Rockefeller spent a ridiculous amount of time protesting bills both large and small and scrutinized the smallest bills from grocers and butchers.

For all his success in bottling up pipeline bills, Rockefeller couldn't scotch the Tidewater.

One biographer has gone so far as to say of Rockefeller, "He was the best employer of his time, instituting hospitalization and retirement pensions.

Gates fixed Rockefeller with a steady, quizzical look.

Exploiting this fear, Rockefeller worked out a clever bargain with the Erie Railroad

Rockefeller's passion for golf was linked to his medical problems of the 1890s, which turned him into a fitness buff.