Frederick W. Smith

I do not believe I could have built FedEx without the skills I learned from the Marine Corps. ”

Every time we make an investment decision at FedEx, we ask ourselves: 'What is the return on this investment?' ”

The biggest part of our business has always been moving things, not paper. With the Internet, people in Mississippi can buy things from Macedonia, without regard to time or place or quantity. ”

The United States tax system today is very prejudiced towards financialization, leverage, and lack of investment. ”

A lot of the economy is indeed being supplied by goods that are produced offshore. And much of the reason for that is societal. ”

A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can. ”