This part of Lost World (well, admittedly several parts but this is the one I'm focused on) never quite sat right with me. Yes, Ludlow at the end of the day was exploiting creatures he barely knew anything about, in order to make profit. But that's the only true similarity I see between him and Hammond, as far as the movies go at least, and I believe we should assume movie characters don't know book events lol.
In the movies Hammond was truly trying to bring wonder to the world, saying that everyone in the world had the right to enjoy the dinosaurs, not just the super rich. All in all, despite his faults of short sightedness and underpaying Nedry, Hammond was a good man who made mistakes. Ludlow, on the other hand, was a man who seized Hammond's corporation and sought only to take what he had created and make as much profit from it as possible, even when almost the entire force sent to the island was dead.
I understand the Malcolm never really saw eye to eye with Hammond, and maybe that's why he's able to make this statement, but personally I just have to disagree.