Frases de Cornelius Vanderbilt

Cornelius Vanderbilt I , também conhecido pelos apelidos de O Comodoro ou Comodoro Vanderbilt, foi um empreendedor americano que construiu sua fortuna através da marinha mercante e da construção de ferrovias, o patriarca da família Vanderbilt. O nome da companhia de ferrovias de Vanderbilt era Accessory Transit Company. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. Maio 1794 – 4. Janeiro 1877
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Cornelius Vanderbilt: Frases em inglês

“Gentlemen,
You have undertaken to cheat me. I won't sue you, for law is too slow. I'll ruin you.
Yours truly,
Cornelius Vanderbilt”

Said to be the entirety of a letter to Charles Morgan and C. K. Garrison, quoted in an obituary, "Commodore Vanderbilt's Life" (5 January 1877) New York Times. Stiles, in The First Tycoon (2009) doubts this. He notes that there is no earlier source, that Vanderbilt was no stranger to the courts, and that he never otherwise closed letters with "yours truly."
Disputed

“Let them do what I have done.”

Often attributed, but without a contemporary source, as a remark on being asked to contribute to charity for the poor. See for example Commodore (2009) by Edward J. Renehan