Javel

"3° The incursion, forced and constrained, into Citroën was only justified insofar as, according to the phrase attributed to François Michelin, “the automobile is just an accessory of the tire.” It only remained possible as long as the Javel firm could grow by its own means and did not hinder tire development. The day it became apparent “as dead weight on its flanks,” Michelin set out to get rid of it."

"Money, he thinks, “its justice leads to the moment of truth.” Profit, “one of the natural impulses of man is a male element of vigor that alone suits the necessary existence of responsibility.” It is “the essential means of the ethics of free human societies.” Business, for the head of Javel, is the homeland “of capable men.” In front of the students of the Institute of Business Administration of the University of Paris, he declared in 1967: “Enterprises have evolved according to the success of their own management and the men who led them. The rarest thing is talent and aptitude. Each cell of the company needs a leader who is a boss. Everyone in their place must be a person of responsibility, revealed to themselves and to others.”"