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All things being equal, I think people would still prefer to do business with their hometown companies. That’s true in America, that’s true in China, that’s true in Germany.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

It’s hard to store natural gas. And it does require big storage tanks. So it doesn’t work very well on passenger cars.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

I think I was the first executive to ever speak at a Greenpeace business conference, in London in 2001. That didn’t play well here at Ford, but I thought it was an important signal to send internally, that these were the kind of issues we needed to be grappling with.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

You can take weight out of a car and truck and still make it very strong.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

Nature is where my heart is.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

There are almost no limits in terms of what a car can become.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

There’s a rising tide of environmental awareness and activism among consumers that’s going to continue to swell in the 21st century. Smart companies will get ahead of that wave and ride it to success and prosperity. Those that don’t are headed for a wipeout.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

The climate is changing, and anyone who disagrees is, in my view, still in denial.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

I was an absolutely untalented designer.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

My great-grandfather was a man of great vision, drive, and native intelligence, with some human flaws amplified by limited education, limited social range, and questionable influence from some of his advisers.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

Nobody‘s irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we’ve had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I’d like to see that diminish.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

What cooler way to grow up for an American boy than to be around cars and football?

William Clay Ford, Jr.

I have no patience for wasting time.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

One of the things I’ve had the advantage of, growing up and being close to the top management of this company and other companies for most of my life, is seeing how CEOs start to believe in their own infallibility. And that really scares me.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

There are people who think I’m a Bolshevik, and this is all a major distraction at best and heresy at worst. But I really don’t care.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

The day will come when the notion of car ownership becomes antiquated. If you live in a city, you don’t need to own a car.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

I bleed Ford blue.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

The Ford Motor Co. should stand for something more than cars and trucks. There is a Ford way of doing things that we cannot lose… We need to be continuously polishing that Ford oval.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

We took our eye off the ball as a company.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

Manufacturing still has the greatest multiplier effect, in terms of job creation, of any sector of the economy.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can’t be in a position of dictating to the consumer what to buy.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

One cannot find a healthy economy anywhere in the world that does not have a strong industrial base, period.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

There is a great demand everywhere in the world for individual mobility. People like the fact they are not on somebody else‘s schedule. They can come and go as they please.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

When I joined Ford, in the late 1970s, I felt strongly we could not forever be a huge user of natural resources without there being consequences. But I was alone in my thinking in those days.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

Cars will talk to each other and the world around them to make driving both safer and more efficient. ‘Vehicle-to-vehicle’ and ‘vehicle-to-infrastructure’ connectivity will become commonplace.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

Ford comes first before everything else I do in my life.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

I don’t want anybody, whether it’s my grandchildren or any of our employees‘ grandchildren, to have to apologise for working for Ford Motor Company. In fact, I want the opposite. I want them to look and say, ‘What a difference we made!’

William Clay Ford, Jr.

At Ford Motor Company, we believe the arts speak a common language that weaves a common thread among all people.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us. I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

My father was a great business leader and humanitarian who dedicated his life to the company and the community. He also was a wonderful family man, a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be greatly missed by everyone who knew him, yet he will continue to inspire us all.

William Clay Ford, Jr.

William Clay Ford, Jr. Quotes

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