List of Frederick W. Smith Quotes

Beginning In 1973 And Then Acts In '77, '78, 1980, 1994 And Then Into The 21st Century In The International Arena, Governments Have Steadily Gotten Out Of The Transportation Business.

Only Electricity Can Give The Transport Sector The Flexibility To Switch Fuels When One Or More Become Too Expensive.

The United States Tax System Today Is Very Prejudiced Towards Financialization, Leverage, And Lack Of Investment.

There Is No Free Market For Oil. It's Controlled By A Cartel, Opec.

The Tax Rate Of 35 Percent Is Impossible To Provide An Incentive To The Large Corporations, That Have $1.7 Trillion Offshore, To Put Their Money Back In The United States.

I Am Not Someone Who Tends To Advocate For Increased Government Involvement In The Private Sector.

I Paid Every Effort To Seek Deregulation Throughout Fedex's Start-up And Expansion Periods, Because The Biggest Impediment To Our Growth Was The Government Regulations That Restricted New Entry Into The Air Cargo Market.

A Lot Of The Economy Is Indeed Being Supplied By Goods That Are Produced Offshore. And Much Of The Reason For That Is Societal.

My Innovation Involved Taking An Idea From The Telecommunications And Banking Industries, And Applying That Idea To Transportation Business.

A Good Christian Is A Velvet-covered Brick.

If You Look Historically, What Creates Growth And Wealth Is Innovation And Investment, And Increase In Scale - More Customers.

I Do Not Believe I Could Have Built Fedex Without The Skills I Learned From The Marine Corps.