J. P. Morgan
J. P. Morgan
John Pierpont "J.P." Morganwas an American financier and banker who dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation during his time. In 1892, Morgan arranged the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company to form General Electric. He was instrumental in the creation of the United States Steel Corporation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth17 April 1837
CountryUnited States of America
doe would-be stories
Don't talk to me about appealing to the public. I am done with the public, for the present anyway. The public reads the headlines and that is all. The story itself is fair and shows the facts. That would be all right if the public read the facts. But it does not. It reads the headlines and listens to the demagogues and that's the stuff public opinion is made of.
good man sounds
A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.
character firsts
No sir. The first thing is character.
money enough should
If that's all he can get, and he takes it, I should say it's enough.
men two reason
A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing.
money giving wish
You are affluent when you buy what you want, do what you wish and don't give a thought to what it costs.
men get-money christendom
Before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it...Because a man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom.
men pay fool
Congress should know how to levy taxes, and if it doesn't know how to collect them, then a man is a fool to pay the taxes.
wall streets
I'm not in Wall Street for my health.
gold
Gold is money and nothing else.
gold
Gold is Money. That's it
astrology millionaire billionaire
Millionaires don't have astrologers, billionaires do.
tree focus cherries
You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree.
government citizens maintaining
Anybody has a right to evade taxes if he can get away with it. No citizen has a moral obligation to assist in maintaining his government