"Chaos will disenfranchise and confuse"

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“I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.

I  believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that  government is the servant of the people and not their master.

I  believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the  world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to  make a living.

I believe that thrift is essential to  well-ordered living and that economy is a prime requisite of a sound  financial structure, whether in government, business or personal  affairs.

I believe that truth and justice are fundamental to an enduring social order.

I  believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as  good as his bond, that character—not wealth or power or position—is of  supreme worth.

I believe that the rendering of useful  service is the common duty of mankind and that only in the purifying  fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness consumed and the greatness  of the human soul set free.

I believe in an all-wise and  all-loving God, named by whatever name, and that the individual's  highest fulfillment, greatest happiness and widest usefulness are to be  found in living in harmony with His will.

I believe that  love is the greatest thing in the world; that it alone can overcome  hate; that right can and will triumph over might.”

John D. Rockefeller had his credo inscribed in the Rockefeller Library at Brown University: