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post #136 of 208
12/6/11 at 8:25pm
JFK. The last real President.

Also, Patton was alright for his job. The last real General.
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post #137 of 208
12/6/11 at 10:10pm
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Rockefeller definitely was a great business leader.
But I had just assumed that the OP was thinking of political or perhaps spiritual leaders.
Bill Gates was a 20th century parallel to Rockefeller in that he was the richest man in the world and the business leader of the hi tech industry yet few would place him on the list.

I don't think Gates is a good comparison. I think you need to do some more reading and research to appreciate Rockefeller's story.
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post #138 of 208
12/7/11 at 8:53am
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I don't think Gates is a good comparison. I think you need to do some more reading and research to appreciate Rockefeller's story.

I've read every biography of Rockefeller.

My friend Craig C, had a grandfather who worked for John D. Rockefeller and then struck out on his own and founded Texaco Oil.

Craig knew Winthrop Rockefeller when he was alive and also told me many stories about his grandfather Joe C. and John D.

What do you suggest I read to learn more?
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post #139 of 208
3/14/12 at 1:00pm
Somehow everyone in this thread forgot to mention our last Aristocrat, a man so great he didn't even consider the Rockefellers nor Bush's for bearers white, Mr. John Pierpont Morgan.

240px-JP_Morgan.jpg
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post #140 of 208
3/15/12 at 9:20pm
Augustus Caesar.
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post #141 of 208
3/16/12 at 12:27pm
Napoleon .

Louis XI

Peter the Great
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post #142 of 208
3/16/12 at 9:56pm

Obama will always be the man for me. Love everything about him

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post #143 of 208
3/16/12 at 9:59pm
there is only one great leader

and there is his son dear leader
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post #144 of 208
3/16/12 at 10:00pm
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I don't think Gates is a good comparison. I think you need to do some more reading and research to appreciate Rockefeller's story.
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Originally Posted by rnoldh View Post

I've read every biography of Rockefeller.
My friend Craig C, had a grandfather who worked for John D. Rockefeller and then struck out on his own and founded Texaco Oil.
Craig knew Winthrop Rockefeller when he was alive and also told me many stories about his grandfather Joe C. and John D.
What do you suggest I read to learn more?

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post #145 of 208
3/19/12 at 6:34pm
Temujin the Great Khan
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post #146 of 208
3/20/12 at 10:51am

Thatcher, Empress Maria Theresa, Charlemagne,

Suleiman I, and Louis XIV.  All tops in my book.

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post #147 of 208
3/21/12 at 7:19pm

Bismarck

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post #148 of 208
3/21/12 at 11:01pm
Napoleon

Churchill

Washington

Lincoln
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post #149 of 208
3/22/12 at 11:06am
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Somehow everyone in this thread forgot to mention our last Aristocrat, a man so great he didn't even consider the Rockefellers nor Bush's for bearers white, Mr. John Pierpont Morgan.
240px-JP_Morgan.jpg

What?! Have a link about that? Kinda hard to believe...
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post #150 of 208
3/22/12 at 11:22am
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What?! Have a link about that? Kinda hard to believe...

laugh.gif Since when do you care about evidence? FWIW, I slogged through an 800+ page bio of Morgan and don't remember that anecdote either.
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