Here too there is no argument, Apple was near bankrupt when he took it over and he was willing to do whatever it took to save the company even borrowing money from Bill Gates which had to be incredibly difficult. (Interesting thing is if you look back at the quotes from Bill Gates of Steve Jobs they are generally very positive).

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We must do the difficult work today, so that years from now people will look back and say that this generation rose to the moment, prevailed in a tough fight, and left behind a more hopeful region and a safer America.

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