One has to look out for one's own interests.

And I don't see why your responsibility for the project doesn't end when you've built the canal, sold the land, and turned the system over to the farmers.

You can't go on looking out for them after that; you're not answerable to the 'hay-seeds' who settle here for what may or may not happen.

And we shall need the money that would be saved by using wood instead of concrete, Lee.

When you're through here, we shall want to live in New York at least part of the time.