Quotes of Lee R. Raymond - somelinesforyou

“ The freedoms that people have that flow from all civic institutions fundamentally come from the success of a market system. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ He or she must be successful in economic terms, but always within an ethical framework. Whether his or her constituency is a corporation and its shareholders or the customers in a small and privately held business, his or her first responsibility is to serve that constituency. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ Ethical conduct is something that becomes inherent in an organization over a long period of time. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ Ethical conduct is something that becomes inherent in an organization over a long period of time. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ It is unfortunate that there are people who say that capitalism is inherently immoral. I do not view it that way at all. I think that capitalism, more than any other system, gives a person the capability, through economic growth and economic development, to provide more opportunity to people. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ There is hardly an activity that a person can think about that does not intrinsically involve energy, most of which is currently provided by fossil fuels. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ He or she must be successful in economic terms, but always within an ethical framework. Whether his or her constituency is a corporation and its shareholders or the customers in a small and privately held business, his or her first responsibility is to serve that constituency. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ In every aspect of life, including the economic dimension, we are always challenged to do the right thing. In many cases in the market system, which allows a great deal of latitude for human choice, people can get carried away to excess. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ In every aspect of life, including the economic dimension, we are always challenged to do the right thing. In many cases in the market system, which allows a great deal of latitude for human choice, people can get carried away to excess. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ Competition can be viewed in two ways. It can be viewed in a negative light and be seen as destructive, but one can also have the view that it is competition that drives people and institutions to higher and higher levels of excellence and, therefore, to more and more opportunity. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ It is unfortunate that there are people who say that capitalism is inherently immoral. I do not view it that way at all. I think that capitalism, more than any other system, gives a person the capability, through economic growth and economic development, to provide more opportunity to people. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ It is unfortunate that there are people who say that capitalism is inherently immoral. I do not view it that way at all. I think that capitalism, more than any other system, gives a person the capability, through economic growth and economic development, to provide more opportunity to people. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ In every aspect of life, including the economic dimension, we are always challenged to do the right thing. In many cases in the market system, which allows a great deal of latitude for human choice, people can get carried away to excess. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ I view energy as the lifeblood of world economic activity. And as a result, the energy industry has a profile that is particularly acute. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ There is hardly an activity that a person can think about that does not intrinsically involve energy, most of which is currently provided by fossil fuels. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ I view energy as the lifeblood of world economic activity. And as a result, the energy industry has a profile that is particularly acute. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ I view energy as the lifeblood of world economic activity. And as a result, the energy industry has a profile that is particularly acute. ”

- Lee R. Raymond

“ It is unfortunate that there are people who say that capitalism is inherently immoral. I do not view it that way at all. I think that capitalism, more than any other system, gives a person the capability, through economic growth and economic development, to provide more opportunity to people. ”

- Lee R. Raymond
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