Editing Andrew Carnegie (section)

===Moral appraisal===
[[File:Andrew Carnegie, April 1905.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|April 1905]]

By the standards of 19th-century tycoons, Carnegie was not a particularly ruthless man but a humanitarian with enough acquisitiveness to go in the ruthless pursuit of money.<ref>Krause, Paul (1992). ''The Battle for Homestead 1880–1892''. University of Pittsburgh Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8229-5466-8}}. p. 233.</ref> "Maybe with the giving away of his money," commented biographer [[Joseph Frazier Wall|Joseph Wall]], "he would justify what he had done to get that money."<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/filmmore/description.html "Andrew Carnegie"] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222204834/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carnegie/filmmore/description.html |date=December 22, 2016 }}). ''[[The American Experience]]''. PBS.</ref>

To some, Carnegie represents the idea of the American dream. He was an immigrant from Scotland who came to America and became successful. He is not only known for his successes but his huge amounts of philanthropic works, not only for charities but also to promote democracy and independence to colonized countries.<ref>Swetnam, George (1980). ''Andrew Carnegie''. Twayne Publishers. {{ISBN|0805772391}}.</ref>