I had no ambition to make a
fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.
Every right implies a
responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation, every possession, a duty.
I believe in the dignity of
labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes
every man an opportunity to make a living.
I know of nothing more
despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the working day to the
making of money for money’s sake.
I believe in the supreme worth
of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
