“My idea is, that if capital and labor are left alone they will mutually regulate each other. People who think they can regulate all mankind and get wrong ideas which they believe to be panaceas for every ill cause much trouble to both employers and employees by their interference.”

—  Jay Gould

Testimony to the New York Senate Committee on Labor and Education"
Jay Gould : A Character Sketch (1893)

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