Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? - Andrew Carnegie

I believe that higher wages to men who respect their employers and are happy and contented are a good investment, yielding, indeed, big dividends.

As to the second mode, that of leaving wealth at death for public uses, it may be said that this is only a means for the disposal of wealth, provided a man is content to wait until he is dead before it becomes of much good in the world.

To be popular is easy; to be right when right is unpopular, is noble... I repudiate with scorn the immoral doctrine, 'Our country, right or wrong'.