Charles Erwin Wilson Quotes

United States, Engineer
July 18, 1890 – September, 26, 1961.

Charles Erwin Wilson (July 18, 1890 – September 26, 1961) was an American engineer and businessman who served as United States Secretary of Defense from 1953 to 1957 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Known as "Engine Charlie", he was previously the president and chief executive officer of General Motors. In the wake of the Korean War, he cut the defense budget significantly.

Also known as Businessman

A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could.

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- Good
- Work
- Men
For years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors and vice versa. The difference did not exist. Our company is too big. It goes with the welfare of the country.

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- Good
- Country

The way to advance the nation's prosperity and achieve higher standards of living for all is through science and technology, taking advantage of better tools, methods and organization, and substituting machines and power for human backs.

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- Power
- Science
- Technology
Nor do I understand how anyone can feel that industrial progress has been made at the expense of social progress nor why any American should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or statism, which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the initiative of the millions, can produce a happier and more prosperous society.

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- Why
- American
Costs of manufactured articles importantly depend on the cost of raw materials as well as labor, and the prices of many raw materials do not fluctuate directly with the labor cost of producing them.

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It is futile to talk too much about the past... like trying to make birth control retroactive.

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- Trying
- Past
- Control
The price of progress is trouble, and I must be making a lot of progress.

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- Progress