Orlando Aloysius Battista Quotes


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This used to be a generally accepted principle in America. It took labor to produce wealth. It could be someone else’s labor or even slave labor, but labor produced things or labor enabled us to find minerals like gold or oil. However, in modern capitalism, money itself can produce wealth by investing or yielding interest. Inventions produce wealth as do other ideas. Authors and movie producers produce wealth. Who you know can produce wealth (finder’s fees) as can knowledge.


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  • Born: June 20, 1917
  • Died: October 3, 1995
  • Nationality: Canadian
  • Profession: Chemist Author

Orlando Aloysius Battista, also frequently referred to as O.A. Battista, was a Canadian-American chemist and author. A devout Catholic, he was notable in his writing for not shying away from advertising his religious beliefs as well as his scientific ones.