Alan Greenspan Quotes

Capitalism actually encourages morality because capitalism can't function well if people can't trust each other and people aren't honest, if a deal isn't a deal.

I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.

Every man should make up his own mind that if he expect to succeed, he must give an honest return for the other man's dollar.

He that resolves to deal with none but honest men, must leave off dealing.

If you treat people right they will treat you right — ninety percent of the time.

A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.

Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would perish.

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

I don't mind being cast as some kind of a pantomime baddie, but I am very fair in business. I always have been. I pride myself on being fair.

If you're going to say to all the people that you're working with, 'We want you to treat the customers honestly; don't lie and don't cheat,' it is somewhat hypocritical if you're not following the same rules.

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.

I don't care what a man is as long as he treats me right. He can be a gambler, a hustler, someone everybody else thinks is obnoxious, I don't care so long as he's straight with me and our dealings are fair.

As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told.

Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive, while we are creative. It is doomed to fail, while our gifts and responsibilities call us to achieve. It sabotages trust and weakens the bonds of spirit and humanity, without which we perish.

Let's deal with each other honestly.

I never hurt anybody in this business, ever.

To be successful in real estate, you must always and consistently put your clients' best interests first. When you do, your personal needs will be realized beyond your greatest expectations.

Honesty is the most single most important factor having a direct bearing on the final success of an individual, corporation, or product.

Men are able to trust one another knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

Trust and transparency, the great principles of the free market, are at stake here.

Trust is an important lubricant of a social system. It is extremely efficient; it saves a lot of trouble to have a fair degree of reliance on other people's word. Unfortunately this is not a commodity which can be bought very easily.

I think there are many honest businessmen.

The single most important ingredient in the recipe for success is transparency because transparency builds trust.

If you're as honest and fair as you can be, not only in business but in life, things will work out.

The business of America is business, but it's about high-integrity business. It's about a business where you keep your word, where you make square deals.