Benjamin Franklin Fairless Quotes
You cannot strengthen one by weakening another; and you cannot add to the stature of a dwarf by cutting off the leg of a giant.
Fairless, Benjamin F. "Detour Ahead." Vital Speeches of the Day, vol. 16, no. 15, 15 May 1950, p. 466.
The Queen Mother made it a practice not to talk with reporters but she always made a point of allowing photographers to have a photo opportunity at any event at which she was present.
There were many who wanted even faster and more vigorous steps toward independence. Abigail Adams was one. John’s view was that such a large and diverse country could not act and reform suddenly. The nation was much smaller in population and area then but culturally quite diverse. Since then the same argument has been made in every generation.
This proverb operates with the force of law and in a sense is the doctrine of contributory negligence. I have a right to compensation for damage you have done me unless I have done something which impinges on your rights. If your camel destroys my crops, my rights have been violated, but if had used your camel without your permission, and he got out of control. I right is cancelled out. In a larger sense, this principle is used globally in international disputes. The Israeli right to live in peace has been, in the view of some Arabs, “cancelled out” by the fact that the Israelis have taken others land.
Benjamin Franklin Fairless was an American steel company executive. He was president of a wide range of steel companies during a turbulent and formative period in the American steel industry. His roles included President of Central Alloy Steel from 1928 to 1930; First Vice President of Republic Steel (which had absorbed Central Steel) from 1930 to 1935; President of the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company from 1935 to 1938; and then President (1938–1955), and later Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors (1952–1955) of U.S. Steel, the largest steel corporation in the United States.
