In this country all a man need to do is to attain a little eminence and immediately he begins to talk. … But the American people are willing to listen to any one who has attained prominence. The main fact is that we've heard a man's name a great many times; that makes us ready to accept whatever he says.


New York Times interview (1911)

Charles Proteus Steinmetz Quotes

In this country all a man need to do is to attain a little eminence and immediately he begins to talk. … But the American people are willing to...

In this country all a man need to do is to attain a little eminence and immediately he begins to talk. … But the American people are willing to...

In this country all a man need to do is to attain a little eminence and immediately he begins to talk. … But the American people are willing to...

In this country all a man need to do is to attain a little eminence and immediately he begins to talk. … But the American people are willing to...