Standard Oil Trust

Famous quotes containing the words standard, oil and/or trust:

    Gentlemen, those confederate flags and our national standard are what has made this union great. In what other country could a man who fought against you be permitted to serve as judge over you, be permitted to run for reelection and bespeak your suffrage on Tuesday next at the poles.
    Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)

    Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    You can’t trust God to be unmerciful.
    There you have the beginning of all wisdom.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)