I don't want a lawyer to tell me what I cannot do. I hire him to tell me how to do what I want to do.

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J. P. Morgan
Born in 1837, J.P. Morgan dominated Gilded Age Wall Street. He reorganized railroads, created U.S. Steel, and halted the 1907 Panic, catalyzing the Federal Reserve's creation as modern American finance's architect.
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J. P. Morgan's Other Quotes
A man always has two reasons for the things he does -- a good one, and the real one.
No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.
The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.
Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.
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