Samuel Merwin

“No use,” he said. “You see, these fellows don’t know much. They aren’t like skilled laborers who need to be sharp to do their jobs. They’re just common workers, and most of them have gunpowder instead of brains. They don’t want facts or reason; what they like is Grady’s oratory. They think it’s the finest thing they have ever heard. They might all be perfectly satisfied and eager to work, but if Grady asked them if they wanted to be slaves, they’d all go on strike as fast as a freight train rolling downhill.”
― Samuel Merwin, Calumet "K": The Story of an American Builder