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As long as the working-people fold hands and pray the gods in Washington to give them work, so long they will not get it.

Voltairine de Cleyre
Hands, Giving, Long
Voltairine de Cleyre (2012). “Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre -- Anarchist, Feminist, Genius”, p.152, SUNY Press
As long as the working-people fold hands and pray the gods in Washington to give them work, so long they will not get it.