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When Henry Ford founded the company bearing his name in 1903, he saw the car as a means of providing freedom of mobility to people around the world.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Henry Ford, Means, Providing, Ford

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.

Work, Proud, Like, Marginalized

I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Environmental, Social, Very, Resolving

As the technology is developed, autonomous driving could provide driving opportunities for the physically challenged or enable the elderly to continue driving longer. This will be vital as many nations experience an aging population.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Elderly, Will, Could, Vital

I believe fuel cells could end the 100-year reign of the internal combustion engine.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Fuel, Could, Internal, Engine

I look at safety as, you know, there's active and passive. Passive is how do you survive a crash. Active is accident avoidance. And so that's real-time information to you, as a driver, and to your car, to the wheels of a car that will get you out of a bad situation.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Bad, Wheels, Your, Passive

I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn't know very well. They didn't know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Credible, Very, Had, Inherited

I'm not motivated by money or power or fame. In the end, it doesn't bring much happiness. The only thing that is driving me is self-satisfaction, self-validation.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Motivated, The Only Thing, In The End

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.

Education, Some, Limited, Flaws

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.

Play, Here, I Think, Signal

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

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Effect, Still, Terms, Manufacturing

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.

Cheaper, Buy, Than, Consumer

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.

Stand For Something, Motor, Trucks

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

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

My Life, Before, Else, Everything Else

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

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Strong, Economy, Period, Base

Individuals and companies that want to be successful in the 21st century will need to be leaders in using the Internet and related technology.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Will, Need, Using, 21st Century

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.

Tide, Ahead, Rising, 21st Century

I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Bad, I Think, Rather, Accomplishments

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.

Big, Natural, Very, Passenger

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.

Father, Leader, Husband, Greatly

In the time of the robber barons, my great grandfather insisted on reinvesting and sharing profits with workers... He was told he was a socialist, that he was not welcome on Wall Street.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Sharing, Socialist, Profits, Robber

Long commutes and traffic jams once associated with older, established cities such as London, New York or Tokyo are spreading throughout the world's emerging economies.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

London, New, Established, Traffic

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

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Car, Almost, Terms, Limits

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

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Language, Ford, Motor, All People

Lewis Booth and Derrick Kuzak represent the very best of Ford and our culture and built a legacy of leadership, integrity and commitment to excellence that will benefit us for years to come.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Excellence, Legacy, Very, Represent

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.

Think, Hometown, Still, All Things

Just think in terms of green energy and how much time, money, brain power and policy action has started to pour into green energy, and I think that's wonderful. We're going to need that same kind of effort towards global gridlock if we're going to keep the individual mobility that we all take for granted today.

- William Clay Ford, Jr.

Mobility, How Much Time, Take For Granted

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.

Natural, Could, Joined, Natural Resources

My father didn't push me.

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Father, Me, Push

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.

Grandchildren, Fact, Motor, Employees

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