“Everyone steals in commerce and industry. I've stolen a lot, myself. But I know how to steal! They don't know how to steal!”

—  Thomas Edison

As quoted in Tesla : The Modern Sorcerer (1999) by Daniel Blair Stewart, p. 411.
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Variant: Everyone steals in commerce and industry. I have stolen a lot myself. But at least I know how to steal.

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