"The mine owners "did not find the gold, they did not mine the gold, they did not mill the gold, but by some weird alchemy all the gold belonged to them!"

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“The capitalist has no heart, but harpoon him in the pocketbook and you will draw blood.”

“The bandage will remain on the eyes of Justice as long as the Capitalist has the cut, shuffle, and deal.”

“Eight hours of work, eight hours of play, eight hours of sleep - eight hours a day!”

“If one man has a dollar he didn't work for, some other man worked for a dollar he didn't get.”

“I've never read Marx's Capital, but I've got the marks of capital all over my body.”

“Tonight I am going to speak on the class struggle and I am going to make it so plain that even a lawyer can understand it.”

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— G. K. Chesterton

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