Thomas Mellon Quotes


The proposition that we should encourage wickedness and violence by exposing one side of the face to blows because we have been beaten on the other is too great an absurdity.


Citations

Mellon, Thomas. Thomas Mellon and His Times. Wm. G. Johnston & Co., 1885.

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Thomas Mellon
Thomas Mellon
  • Born: February 3, 1813
  • Died: February 3, 1908
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Lawyer, Judge, Banker

Thomas Alexander Mellon was an American entrepreneur, lawyer, and judge, best known as the founder of Mellon Bank and patriarch of the Mellon family of Pittsburgh.