Andrew Carnegie

United States
25 Nov 1835 // 11 Aug 1919
Industrialist

This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: first, to set an example of modest unostentatious living...to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and, after doing so, to consider all surplus revenues...as trust funds which he is strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner...best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community.

The Gospel of Wealth (1889)

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