1850 – 1920 CE
The rise of manufacturing empires, railroads, and oil barons.
I needed the good will of the legislature of four states. I formed the legislative bodies with my ow…
— Jay Gould
"I needed the good will of the legislature of four states. I formed the legislati..."
"The employer class is less in numbers, but strong in its power of combination."
Each of you take one of these sticks and break it. That is w…
— Meyer Guggenheim
"Each of you take one of these sticks and break it. That is what will happen if y..."
Do not be content to work for others all your life. Have a g…
"Do not be content to work for others all your life. Have a goal, a purpose in li..."
I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.
— Cornelius Vanderbilt
"I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and ..."
The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital.
— Leland Stanford
"The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital."
You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the la…
"You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for the law is too slow. I wil..."
I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other h…
"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half."
"Roasted pigeons do not fly into one's mouth."
What do I care about the law? Hain't I got the power?
"What do I care about the law? Hain't I got the power?"
I was brought up in the school of adversity, and my motto is to never say die.
"I was brought up in the school of adversity, and my motto is to never say die."
"I have been insane on the subject of moneymaking all my life."
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