Manuel Moroun Quotes

United States, Businessman
June 5, 1927 – July, 12, 2020.

Manuel Moroun was an American billionaire businessman, and the owner of CenTra, Inc, which controls the Ambassador Bridge, the international crossing connecting Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, the only privately owned border crossing between the US and Canada. Moroun bought the bridge from the Bower family in 1979.

I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.

Manuel Moroun
- Good
- Nothing
- Changed
I'm a benefit to the city. I'm not a detriment.

Manuel Moroun
- City
- Benefit
- Detriment

You can't build another bridge that's so close to ours. It's stupid.

Manuel Moroun
- You
- Stupid
- Bridge
We want the city back on its feet. We want to have jobs for the city.

Manuel Moroun
- Want
- City
- Feet
We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.

Manuel Moroun
- Help
- City
- Taxes
For me to own land in Detroit, it was a badge of honor, and it was support for the city.

Manuel Moroun
- Support
- City
- Honor
That case with my two sisters? That was a disaster. It was. They're really fine people. When my family and my two sisters' families - their children - grew up and so on, it just wasn't the same. But we took care of them very nicely.

Manuel Moroun
- People
- Up
- Children
I knew trucking was growing. It grew from the Second World War to the time that I bought the bridge. There were interstate highways being built. I thought there was opportunity.

Manuel Moroun
- Time
- World
- War

I love my country. I love my family.

Manuel Moroun
- Country
- Family
- Love
I have mended fences with both my sisters. But do I have their families on my side? Not easily. My one sister, Florence, has two lawyers in the family and two doctors. Of course, I couldn't win that battle.

Manuel Moroun
- Family
- Win
- Sister