“I would recommend them all [other citizens] to pursue the course that I pursue.”
— Testimony before the railroad committee (January 18, 1867), sometimes quoted more briefly as "Let them do what I have done."

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“I would recommend them all [other citizens] to pursue the course that I pursue.”
— Testimony before the railroad committee (January 18, 1867), sometimes quoted more briefly as "Let them do what I have done."

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.