I grew up in a socialist country. And I have seen what that does to people. There is no hope, no freedom. No pride in achievement. Thomas Peterffy More Quotes by Thomas Peterffy More Quotes From Thomas Peterffy Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope. Thomas Peterffy slopes slippery-slope littles Yes, in socialism the rich will be poorer - but the poor will also be poorer. People will lose interest in really working hard and creating jobs. Thomas Peterffy creating work jobs America's wealth comes from the efforts of people striving for success. Take away their incentive with badmouthing success and you take away the wealth that helps us take care of the needy. Thomas Peterffy effort america people The rich support the poor primarily via taxes. Thomas Peterffy rich support poor Some traders still think that a computer could not trade as well as they can. Thomas Peterffy traders computer thinking I paid $1.9 billion in taxes in my lifetime. Thomas Peterffy billions taxes lifetime I see no point in exchanging something that I understand, know, love and think will have a great future for something else that I know much less about. Thomas Peterffy great-future exchanging thinking It seems like people don't learn from the past. Thomas Peterffy learn-from-the-past people past My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School. Thomas Peterffy educational america school I had an extremely boring time doing 20 to 30 trades a day while everyone was talking about baseball or basketball. So I stood there fantasizing about a device that could do the same thing I was doing. Thomas Peterffy basketball baseball talking He's probably the smartest person running, even though personally I do not believe that abortion is something that should be prohibited and I do not believe we should not care about the environment, nevertheless I think Ted has the qualities - he definitely has a shot. Thomas Peterffy top-news Self-discipline is what separates the winners and the losers. Thomas Peterffy losers self-discipline winners It was a big deal to leave home and my culture and my language. But I believed that in America, I could truly reap what I sowed and that the measure of a man was his ability and determination to succeed. This was the land of boundless opportunity. Thomas Peterffy man home opportunity culture Socialism and Communism are extremely attractive to a superficial observer. It is not until you get into the details, or actually experience it, that it becomes apparent that it does not work. Thomas Peterffy you experience communism work Advertising is so touchy-feely. You have to speak to the psyche of the people. I'm not very good at that. Thomas Peterffy good you speak people The meaning of freedom is in the U.S. Constitution. Republicans want to live by the document's original meaning. Thomas Peterffy meaning live constitution freedom You win a few, you lose a few. Thomas Peterffy few lose win you Software makes the world go round. Thomas Peterffy round go software world Discipline is important for everything in life. Thomas Peterffy everything discipline important life I don't think my basic business strategy is well known by the public, probably because people think it's too simple. My strategy has always been to try to focus in on a product or service where you can create a dollar of value for 20 cents and sell it for 40 cents. Thomas Peterffy service you business simple
