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

— Bill Haywood

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Source: Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and The Struggle for the American Dream, Bruce Watson. Viking-Penguin, 2005; pg. 93.
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