Who said "I regard myself as a railroad man, not a financier"?

This quote is attributed to Jay Gould.

I regard myself as a railroad man, not a financier - Jay Gould

"I regard myself as a railroad man, not a financier"

Jay Gould Work

Railroad Magnate American 1836–1892

"I have the cheapest railroad in the world"

"The public be damned"

"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half"

"Money is power, and power is everything"

"Hard work never killed anybody."

"Work with purpose and integrity."

"Hard work pays off in the end."

"A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do."