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Nov-08
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Let Them All Fail

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In the midst of the Great Depression, Henry Ford said the following in 1934:

“Let them fail; let everybody fail! I made my fortune when I had nothing to start with, by myself and my own ideas. Let other people do the same thing. If I lose everything in the collapse of our financial structure, I will start in at the beginning and build it up again.”

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Categories : Capitalism, Economics

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  1. embers says:

    Ironically, the current heads of Ol’ Henry’s company don’t quite see it that way…

  2. RHPZero says:

    The current heads of Ol’ Henry’s company have no experience in building up a company — all they’ve managed to do is tear one down.

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