Henry Clay Frick Quotes
10 quotes from Henry Clay Frick — Industrialist known as the 'Coke King' who partnered with Carnegie in steel..
“We bought the son of a bitch, but he didn't stay bought.”
“I do not think I will die, but whether I do or not, the company will pursue the same policies.”
“What is going to rule our great commonwealth, the mob or the law?”
“He has great energy and his judgment about matters pertaining to his business is most remarkable.”
“Take supreme care of that head of yours. It is wanted. Again, expressing my thankfulness that I have found THE MAN.”
“Buying a work of art that he would approach as in buying a railroad company. He would analyze it, he would think about it. But in the end it has to be the combination of passion with the knowledge and the research that buttresses that.”
“Tell him I'll see him in hell, where we're both going.”
“You are being outgeneralled all along the line, and your management of the Company has already become the subject of jest. Frick.”
“Why was he not manly enough to say to my face what he said behind my back? I have stood a great many insults from Mr. Carnegie in the past, but I will submit to no further insults in the future.”
“The mills have never been able to turn out the product they should, owing to being held back by the Amalgamated men.”