Cornelius Vanderbilt — "The public be damned! I am working for my stockholders."
The public be damned! I am working for my stockholders.
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Reply to a reporter's question about public interest, though exact wording and context debated.
Date: 1882 (often cited as Vanderbilt, though sometimes attributed to William Henry Vanderbilt)
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