"Business must be run at a profit, else it will die. But when anyone tries to run a business solely for profit, then also the business must die, for it no longer has a reason for existence."

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Source: How to live long and prosper by Simon Caulkin, www.theguardian.com. July 13, 2002.

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Henry Ford was an American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company, known for revolutionizing the automobile industry with assembly line production.

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