Cornelius Vanderbilt quotes
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“If I had learned education I would not have had time to learn anything else.”
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“You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I'll ruin you.”
-- Cornelius VanderbiltSource : Cornelius Vanderbilt (1956). “Queen of the Golden Age: the fabulous story of Grace Wilson Vanderbilt”
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“I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.”
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“Never be a minion, always be an owner.”
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“I have always served the public to the best of my ability. Why? Because, like every other man, it is to my interest to do so.”
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“I have been insane on the subject of money-making all my life.”
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“I am not afraid of my enemies, but by God, you must look out when you get among your friends.”
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“Law! What do I care about the law? Ain't I got the power?”
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“It is not according to my mode of doing things, to bring a suit against a man that I have the power in my own hands to punish.”
-- Cornelius Vanderbilt
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