Andrew Carnegie Quotes
Strong men know when to compromise.
Andrew Carnegie, 1835-1919, Industrialist and Philanthropist, Quoted by Harry Reid, Senate Debate, July 31, 2011
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1st Earl of Beaconsfield. No matter what policies a government chooses, another government in the future might reverse that policy. Values and preferences of the people change and there is almost always pressure to change direction. As an example, President Harry D Truman first proposed national health insurance, The national policy was NO to such a health reform. But every Democratic President after Truman tried to change the policy. 60 years later, President Obama led the passage of a national health insurance system. However the Republicans immediately started repealing Obama’s plan. There has been and will be no finality on the health care national policy.
Wolfe uses the term in the classic sense of appeasing Hitler or Stalin—appeasement of a powerful totalitarian force. However some politicians—usually at the extreme wings of the political spectrum—see any concession to political opponents as “appeasement”. Some, like the Tea Party Republicans of that era, regard any compromise as “appeasement”.
Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. He became a leading philanthropist in the United States and in the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away ~$350 million (roughly $5.2 billion in 2019) to many charities, foundations, and universities – almost 90 percent of his fortune. His 1889 article proclaiming "The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society and stimulated a wave of philanthropy.
