Quote#Politics & Power
For hand in glove with that power was an insatiate greed; they were…
Quote byZane Grey · 1872–1939
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Riders of the Purple Sage (1912), Chapter 4.
English (original)
For hand in glove with that power was an insatiate greed; they were one and the same.
— Zane Grey
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