"They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.“


-Henry A. Wallace

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They are patriotic in time of war because it is to their interest to be so, but in time of peace they follow power and the dollar wherever they may lead.

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