Morgan Quotes

“Outside the Republican Convention hall, there were plenty of people who did not feel 400 percent bigger and more hopeful in 1900. Although the ferment over silver had died down, the impetus for social change and radical reform had not. Progressive activists and journalists were beginning to focus national attention on the widening gap between rich and poor, on the problems of cities, political corruption, the rights of women, the depletion of natural resources, continuing racial inequality, and the power of big business. The new Governor of Wisconsin, Republican reformer Robert M. La Follette, gained national prominence pledging to”
― Jean Strouse, Morgan: American Financier

“50th and 58th Streets came to be known as Vanderbilt”
― Jean Strouse, Morgan: American Financier

“51st and 52nd Streets for $700,000 in 1879—the year”
― Jean Strouse, Morgan: American Financier