Henry Ford

American business magnate (1863-1947) · United States · Founders · Died at 83

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He didn't invent the car, but he made it something a factory worker could own. The assembly line, the $5 workday, the Model T rolling off at fifteen million units - Ford turned automobiles from rich men's toys into the machinery of American life.

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1947Died7 April 19471944Washington AwardAward1939James Watt International MedalAward1938Adlerschild des Deutschen ReichesAwardGrand Cross of the Order of the German EagleAward1936Holley MedalAward1928Elliott Cresson MedalAward1925“I've never made a flight in an airplane, and I don't know that I'm particularly anxious to. I would, though, like to take a trip in a .”In their wordsFebruary 1925Raymond J. Brown. "Henry Ford Says, 'There Is Always Room for More'," in: Popular Science, Vol. 106, nr. 2 (February 1925), p. 37Read the whole statement

1921“History is bunk. What difference does it make how many times the ancient Greeks flew their kites?”In their words29 October 1921"History is Bunk, Says Henry Ford", The New York Times, October 29, 1921Read the whole statement

“There's just one thing that's permanent in this world, and that's change. And when a man gets too old to change, why, then, he dies. And after that, who knows?”In their wordsApril 1921Interview with Bruce Barton, "It Would Be Fun To Start Over Again," The American Magazine (April 1921)Read the whole statement

“Jews have always controlled the business [...].”In their wordsFebruary 1921The Dearborn Independent (February 1921).Read the whole statement

“The only statement I care to make about the Protocols is that they fit in with what is going on.”In their words17 February 1921Henry Ford, in an interview quoted in the New York World, February 17, 1921Read the whole statement

1919“An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.”In their wordsJuly 1919Remarks from the witness stand, to a court in Mount Clemens, Michigan (July 1919), as quoted in Thesaurus of Epigrams: A New ClassifiedRead the whole statement

1906CEO of Ford Motor CompanyOffice1906-19451903FounderOffice1863Born30 July 1863

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Auto magnate leaves White House after conference with President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., April 27. Forced to run a gantlet of newspaper reporters, Henry Ford is pictured leaving the LCCN2016873479

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I've never made a flight in an airplane, and I don't know that I'm particularly anxious to. I would, though, like to take a trip in a .
Feb 1925, Raymond J. Brown. "Henry Ford Says, 'There Is Always Room for More'," in: Popular Science, Vol. 106, nr. 2 (February 1925), p. 37, Own words
So, while the people are indeed supreme over the written Constitution, the spiritual constitution is supreme over them.
1922, Henry Ford (1922). Ford Ideals: Being a Selection from "Mr. Ford's Page" in The Dearborn Independent. p. 323; as cited in: William A., Own words
History is bunk. What difference does it make how many times the ancient Greeks flew their kites?
Oct 29, 1921, "History is Bunk, Says Henry Ford", The New York Times, October 29, 1921, Own words

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Awards

American Royal BBQ Hall of Fame2012

National Aviation Hall of Fame1984

National Inventors Hall of Fame1982

Washington Award1944

James Watt International Medal1939

Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle1938

Adlerschild des Deutschen Reiches1938

Holley Medal1936

Elliott Cresson Medal1928

Order of the Crown of Romania

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Spouse Clara Bryant Ford

Child Edsel Bryant Ford

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Ford was born on a Michigan farmhouse on July 30, 1863, left at sixteen for Detroit, and spent the late 1880s repairing engines before working with Edison Electric through the 1890s. He founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903 after earlier business failures, and in 1908 the Model T arrived - a vehicle that revolutionized transportation and made him one of the wealthiest men alive. He pioneered the five-day work-week and a franchise system that put dealerships across six continents, believing consumerism could secure peace. But the 1920s brought The Dearborn Independent and The International Jew, a turn into antisemitism that stained the name, and he opposed entering World War II, sitting for a time on the America First Committee board. After his son Edsel died in 1943 Ford retook control, too frail to lead, and handed the company to his grandson Henry Ford II in 1945. He died April 7, 1947, leaving most of his fortune to the Ford Foundation.

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