I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed. So it is with every new thing. Progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready, and then it is inevitable. To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense.

] that book by Henry Ford "The International Jew. Symphonic composer Ferde Grofe composed a tone poem in Henry Ford's honor (1938). He contributed substantially to the community building a chapel and schoolhouse and employing numerous local residents.

As owner of the Ford Motor Company he became one of the richest and best-known people in the world. Ford left most of his vast wealth to the Ford Foundation but arranged for his family to control the company permanently. Ford had a global vision with consumerism as the key to peace.