The history of business is the history of the ruthless crush... - Jay Gould

"The history of business is the history of the ruthless crushing the merciful."

Jay Gould History

Railroad Magnate American 1836–1892

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"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"

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."