“ There is a greater strength than wealth, and it is greater because it cannot be taken away. ”
Jack London, The Iron Heel (1908). copy citation
| Author | Jack London |
|---|---|
| Source | The Iron Heel |
| Topic | wealth strength |
| Date | 1908 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1164/1164-h/1164-h.htm |
Context
““From your own figures, we of the middle class are more powerful than labor,” Mr. Asmunsen remarked.
“Calling us weak does not make you stronger in the face of the strength of the Plutocracy,” Ernest retorted. “And furthermore, I'm not done with you. There is a greater strength than wealth, and it is greater because it cannot be taken away. Our strength, the strength of the proletariat, is in our muscles, in our hands to cast ballots, in our fingers to pull triggers. This strength we cannot be stripped of. It is the primitive strength, it is the strength that is to life germane, it is the strength that is stronger than wealth, and that wealth cannot take away.”
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