“Our civilization overflows with charity—which is simply willingness to hand back to labor as generous gracious alms a small part of the loot from the just wages of labor. But of real help—just wages for honest labor—there is little, for real help would disarrange the system, would abolish the upper classes. She”
Quotes by David Graham Phillips
“Only when a good thing happens to be cheap is a cheap thing good.”
David Graham PhillipsDavid Graham Phillips was an influential American novelist and journalist known for his contributions to the muckraking movement in the early 20th century. Born in 1867, he began his career in journal...