1. Robber Baron or Captain of Industry? Quote Robber Baron or
Determine the meaning of the following quotes from American entrepreneurs. Decide if the quote would have come from a Robber Baron or a Captain of Industry. Be sure to explain your reasoning with evidence from the quote or the lesson.
Quote
Robber Baron or
Captain of Industry?
Explain
“Law? Who cars about the law. Hain’t I got the power?”
“God gave me my money.”
“Well, I don’t know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do.”
“Not evil, but good, has come to the race from the accumulation of wealth by those who have had the ability and energy to produce it.”
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
“I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.”

2. Robber Baron or Captain of Industry? Quote Robber Baron or
Determine the meaning of the following quotes from American entrepreneurs. Decide if the quote would have come from a Robber Baron or a Captain of Industry. Be sure to explain your reasoning with evidence from the quote or the lesson.
Quote
Robber Baron or
Captain of Industry?
Explain
“Law? Who cars about the law. Hain’t I got the power?”
“God gave me my money.”
“Well, I don’t know as I want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell how to do what I want to do.”
“Not evil, but good, has come to the race from the accumulation of wealth by those who have had the ability and energy to produce it.”
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
“I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.”

3. Quote Robber Baron or Captain of Industry? Explain
“The wealth of the country, its capital, its credit, must be saved from the predatory poor as well as the predatory rich, but above all from the predatory politician.”
“The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world will take off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity and the world will stand on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.”
“The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?”
“If you want to succeed you should strike out new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”
“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.”
“The man who dies rich dies in disgrace.”

4. Quote Robber Baron or Captain of Industry? Explain
“The wealth of the country, its capital, its credit, must be saved from the predatory poor as well as the predatory rich, but above all from the predatory politician.”
“The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world will take off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity and the world will stand on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.”
“The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?”
“If you want to succeed you should strike out new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.”
“There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.”
“The man who dies rich dies in disgrace.”