"The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. And so it is in economic life. It is merely the working out of a law of nature and a law of God." — John D. Rockefeller, “The Angel of Mercy”

不得不说Rockefeller在布朗大学演讲时说的这句话实在太精辟…（u know what i mean😬但做为一个Christian businessman他本人其实并没有那么ruthless，把竞争公司搞垮后他通常会提出和解，开出优于市价许多的条件收购对方的资本。如果愿意妥协，曾经的竞争者日后甚至可能成为他手下的重要干部或进入董事会，比如John D. Archbold。