Cornelius Vanderbilt:

The public be damned! I am working for my stockholders.

— Cornelius Vanderbilt Modern

Railroad magnate

Reply to a reporter's question about public interest, though exact wording and context debated.

1882 (often cited as Vanderbilt, though sometimes attributed to William Henry Vanderbilt)

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"I have always looked forward, never backward."

"I'm tired of working for somebody else."

"I have no use for a man who won't work."

"The only way to get rich is to think for yourself."

"I have nothing to say."

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