“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet… The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own… “
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horseshoeshandgrenades said:
The part I disagree with is the “you didn’t build that”. Had he said you didn’t build that ALONE, it would have been so much better. He really put his foot in his mouth there, because lots of people have built their business.
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