Most of America's leading entrepreneurs are bound to the masts of their fortunes. They are allowed to keep … - George Gilder

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I wondered about the science of storms and how sometimes it seemed that a storm wanted to break the world and how the world refused to break.

George Gilder

Most of America's leading entrepreneurs are bound to the masts of their fortunes. They are allowed to keep their wealth only as long as they invest it in others. In a real sense, they can keep only what they give away. It has been given to others in the form of investments. It is embodied in a vast web of enterprises that retains its worth only through constant work and sacrifice. Capitalism is a system that begins not with taking but with giving to others.

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