Charles Erwin Wilson quotes

A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could. (Charles Erwin Wilson)

No plan can prevent a stupid person from doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time - but a good plan should keep a concentration from forming.

Charles Erwin Wilson

For years I thought that what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice versa. The difference did not exist. Our company is too big. It goes with the welfare of the country. Our contribution to the nation is considerable.

Charles Erwin Wilson

The way to advance the nation's prosperity and achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization, and substituting machines and power for human backs.

Charles Erwin Wilson

Costs of manufactured articles importantly depend on the cost of raw materials as well as labor, and the prices of many raw materials do not fluctuate directly with the labor cost of producing them.

Charles Erwin Wilson

Nor do I understand how anyone can feel that industrial progress has been made at the expense of social progress nor why any American should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or statism, which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the initiative of the millions, can produce a happier and more prosperous society.

Charles Erwin Wilson

The price of progress is trouble, and I must be making a lot of progress.

Charles Erwin Wilson

It is futile to talk too much about the past... like trying to make birth control retroactive.

Charles Erwin Wilson

For years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors and vice versa. The difference did not exist. Our company is too big. It goes with the welfare of the country.

Charles Erwin Wilson

For years I thought that what was good for our country was good for General Motors, and vice versa.

Charles Erwin Wilson

Charles Erwin Wilson

Occupation: American Businessman
Born: July 18, 1890
Died: September 26, 1961
Quotes count: 10
Wikipedia: Charles Erwin Wilson

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