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Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish. ”

We took our eye off the ball as a company. ”

I used to wonder if running a large industrial company would really square with my values. ”

When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days. ”

I'm not motivated by money or power or fame. In the end, it doesn't bring much happiness. The only thing that is driving me is self-satisfaction, self-validation. ”

I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century. ”

All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That's true in America, that's true in China, that's true in Germany. ”

Nature is where my heart is. ”

I have no patience for wasting time. ”

In the time of the robber barons, my great grandfather insisted on reinvesting and sharing profits with workers... He was told he was a socialist, that he was not welcome on Wall Street. ”