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Doubtful. The internet is chock full of these cuckoo quote sites. If Google doesn't yield a primary source, it's almost certainly fake. This is one area where a
by gruseom 16y ago
Doubtful. The internet is chock full of these cuckoo quote sites. If Google doesn't yield a primary source, it's almost certainly fake. This is one area where absence of evidence really is evidence of absence.
Edit: not a criticism of the quote itself. These things wouldn't get misattributed if they weren't worth repeating. But they wouldn't get repeated if they weren't misattributed, either; it's a kind of cultural appeal to authority.
- kens 16y agoThe quote is from Rockefeller quoting his business partner Flagler. For a primary source, see "Random reminiscences of men and events" by JD Rockefeller, 1913. Google Books is great for verifying this sort of quote: http://books.google.com/books?id=IHnZAAAAMAAJ&dq=A%20friendship%20founded%20on%20business%20is%20a%20good%20deal%20better%20than%20a%20business%20founded%20on%20friendship&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q=A%20friendship%20founded%20on%20business%20is%20a%20good%20deal%20better%20than%20a%20business%20founded%20on%20friendship&f=false http://books.google.com/books?id=IHnZAAAAMAAJ&dq=A%20fri...
- gruseom 16y agoGood catch!