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My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

~Frederick W. Smith

Topics: Corps Four Indelible Leadership Left Marine Marine Corps Me Skills Understanding Value Years

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Beginning in 1973 and then acts in '77, '78, 1980, 1994 and then into the 21st century in the international arena, governments have steadily gotten out of the transportation business.

~Frederick W. Smith

Topics: Acts Arena Beginning Business Century Gotten Governments International Out Steadily Then Transportation 21St Century

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A lot of the economy is indeed being supplied by goods that are produced offshore. And much of the reason for that is societal.

~Frederick W. Smith

Topics: Being Economy Goods Indeed Lot Much Offshore Produced Reason Societal Supplied

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I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.

~Frederick W. Smith

Topics: Advocate Am Government Increased Involvement Private Private Sector Sector Someone Tends Who I Am

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Every time we make an investment decision at FedEx, we ask ourselves: 'What is the return on this investment?'

~Frederick W. Smith

Topics: Ask Decision Every Every Time Investment Make Ourselves Return Time

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The tax rate of 35 percent is impossible to provide an incentive to the large corporations, that have $1.7 trillion offshore, to put their money back in the United States.

~Frederick W. Smith

Topics: Back Corporations Impossible Incentive Large Money Offshore Percent Provide Put Rate States Tax Tax Rate Trillion United United States

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I do not believe I could have built FedEx without the skills I learned from the Marine Corps.

~Frederick W. Smith

Topics: Believe Built Corps Could Learned Marine Marine Corps Skills Without

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The United States tax system today is very prejudiced towards financialization, leverage, and lack of investment.

~Frederick W. Smith

Topics: Investment Lack Leverage Prejudiced States System Tax Tax System Today Towards United United States Very

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There is no free market for oil. It's controlled by a cartel, OPEC.

~Frederick W. Smith

Topics: Controlled Free Free Market Market Oil Opec

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The biggest part of our business has always been moving things, not paper. With the Internet, people in Mississippi can buy things from Macedonia, without regard to time or place or quantity.

~Frederick W. Smith

Topics: Always Been Biggest Business Buy Internet Mississippi Moving Our Paper Part People Place Quantity Regard Things Time Without

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: August 11th, 1944

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