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Owen D Young
 
Date of birth: 27 October 1874
Date of death: 11 July 1962
Country Of Origin: America
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   Lawyer, businessman, and public official, born in Van Hornesville, New York, USA. He worked in a Boston law firm after college and became a partner in 1907. In 1913 he joined General Electric (GE) as general counsel and vice-president to settle patent and labour disputes. Sensitive to corporate social responsibilities, he served on President Woodrow Wilson's National Industrial Conferences (1919, 1920) and President Warren Harding's Unemployment Conference (1921). In 1919 he organized and chaire .... (More...)
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" It is not the crook in modern business that we fear, but the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing. "

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" It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove. "

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" Markets as well as mobs respond to human emotions; markets as well as mobs can be inflamed to their own destruction. "

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" The man who can put himself in the place of other men, who can understand the workings of their minds, need never worry about what the future has in store for him. "

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" The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living. "

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" We are not to judge thrift solely by the test of saving or spending. If one spends what he should prudently save, that certainly is to be deplored. But if one saves what he should prudently spend, that is not necessarily to be commended. A wise balance between the two is the desired end. "

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" When boasting ends, there dignity begins. "

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