Children born into poverty have special gifts that prepare them for business formation and wealth creation. 
The key to Nucor’s success is the culture of our company—one that we plan to extend into the next century. 
“Politicians, properly observed, will often disappoint. Ideas, properly understood, seldom will.” 
We can pinpoint a strong Judaeo-Christian culture that values limited government and individual liberty. 
The great 19th-century French novelist Victor Hugo once said that “nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come.” 
Socialism, communism, fascism and Nazism were all tried on the other side of the Atlantic. I think that the most successful people are those who take pride in their work, pride in their family, and pride in their country. 
Each decade offered us hope, but our hopes evaporated into smoke. We became the poorest of the poor, the most segregated minority in schools. 
Capitalism works better than any of us can conceive. It is also the only truly moral system of exchange. 
No person decided to spite Mother Teresa. It was the law. And what it required offends common sense. Send this to friend
