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Famous Andrew Carnegie Quotes

“Those who would administer [charity] wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity. It were better for mankind that the millions of the rich were thrown into the sea than spent to encourage the slothful, the drunken, the unworthy. Of every thousand dollars spent in so-called charity today, it is probable that nine hundred and fifty dollars is unwisely spent - so spent, indeed, as to produce the very evils which it hopes to mitigate or cure.”

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“I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.”

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Book:The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and His Essay: The Gospel of Wealth
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“And there is no use whatever, gentlemen, trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.”

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