KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Lee R. Raymond Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Lee R. Raymond

Showing 1-10 of 19 Quotes by Lee R. Raymond

The main professional responsibility of a person in business is business.

~Lee R. Raymond

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It is important to remember that all business has an impact on the lives of real people.

~Lee R. Raymond

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


It makes no sense to talk of the social obligations of the corporation without reference to its economic obligations. The two are intertwined.

~Lee R. Raymond

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

~Lee R. Raymond

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


We have seen that in this country in the last few years, particularly on Wall Street, with the rise of the old human frailty of greed. This occurs when people begin to serve only their own needs to the detriment of everyone else.

~Lee R. Raymond

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


There is no system that is inherently moral if the participants themselves are not.

~Lee R. Raymond

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


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

Topics: None

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: August 13th, 1938

Links

Find Lee R. Raymond on Amazon

Related Authors

Les Brown
Warren Buffett
Stephen Covey
Peter Drucker
Henry Ford
Bill Gates
Steve Jobs
Jim Rohn

Popular Authors

Kate Adie Marcus Tullius Cicero Anthony J. D'Angelo Anita Hill John F. Kennedy Joseph Stalin Nikola Tesla Amy Winehouse

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1694 - Voltaire

1768 - Friedrich Schleiermacher

1787 - Bryan Procter

1863 - Arthur Quiller-Couch

1870 - Alexander Berkman

1886 - Harold Nicolson

1889 - Hugh Kingsmill

1898 - Rene Magritte

1904 - Coleman Hawkins

1907 - Jim Bishop

Birthdays on November 21st
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Christmas Computers Design Humor Power Religion Strength War