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Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.
— J. P. Morgan
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J. P. Morgan
entrepreneur, art collector, banker, financier
1837 – 1913
John Pierpont Morgan Sr. was an American financier and investment banker who dominated corporate finance on Wall Street throughout the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. As the head of the banking firm that ultimately became known as JPMorgan Chase & Co., he was a driving force behind the wave of industrial consolidations in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century.
All Quotes by J. P. Morgan
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
— J. P. Morgan
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
— J. P. Morgan
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It will fluctuate.
— J. P. Morgan
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I owe the public nothing.
— J. P. Morgan
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The first thing [in credit] is character … before money or anything else. Money cannot buy it.… A man I do not trust could not get money from me on all the bonds in Christendom. I think that is the fundamental basis of business.
— J. P. Morgan
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Money is gold, and nothing else.
— J. P. Morgan
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Untermyer: Is not commercial credit based primarily upon money or property?Morgan: No, sir; the first thing is character.
— J. P. Morgan