I Do Not Like To Be Unkind.

If The Council On Foreign Relations (cfr) Raises The Hackles Of The Conspiracy Theorists, The Bilderberg Meetings Must Induce Apocalyptic Visions Of Omnipotent International Bankers Plotting With Unscrupulous Government Officials To Impose Cunning Schemes On An Ignorant And Unsuspecting World.

Some Even Believe We (the Rockefeller Family) Are Part Of A Secret Cabal Working Against The Best Interests Of The United States, Characterizing My Family And Me As 'internationalists' And Of Conspiring With Others Around The World To Build A More Integrated Global Political And Economic Structure - One World, If You Will. If That's The Charge, I Stand Guilty, And I Am Proud Of It.

I Think That The Best Hope For Peace And Prosperity In The World Is Greater Cooperation Among Nations, Which In Turn Will Be Produced If Both Our Governments And The People Of Our Countries Travel More And Get To Know Each Other Better.

One Cannot Expect To Coast Along And Rise Automatically To The Top, No Matter What Friends You May Have In The Company. There May Have Been A Time When, In Large Corporations, A Person Could Rise Simply Because He Had A Stock Interest Or Because He Had Friends In Top Management. That's Not True Today. Success In Business Requires Training And Discipline And Hard Work. But If You're Not Frightened By These Things, The Opportunities Are Just As Great Today As They Ever Were.

Philanthropy Is Involved With Basic Innovations That Transform Society, Not Simply Maintaining The Status Quo Or Filling Basic Social Needs That Were Formerly The Province Of The Public Sector.