"My mother and father raised but one question: Is it right, is it duty?"
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As quoted in The Rich man and the Kingdom : John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and the Protestant establishment (1995) by Albert F. Schenkel, p. 13
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (January 29, 1874 – May 11, 1960) was an American businessman and philanthropist, the son and heir of John D. Rockefeller and the first president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
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