“No man can control Wall Street. Wall Street is like the ocean. No man can govern it. It is too vast. Wall Street is full of eddies and currents. The thing to do is to watch them, to exercise a little common sense, and … to come out on top.”

— Jay Gould

Interview with the New York Herald
Jay Gould : A Character Sketch (1893)

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American businessman 1836–1892

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