"When an attack of hauteur masked as civility strikes, one would do well to recall Sam Gompers’ reply..."

“When an attack of hauteur masked as civility strikes, one would do well to recall Sam Gompers’ reply to Mark Hanna’s complaint about the ‘undiplomatic’ behavior of the Buffalo Steelworkers in his employ who had gone on strike to protest abuse by their foremen. ‘We don’t raise diplomats,’ said Gompers, ‘at fifteen cents an hour.’”

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The Populist Persuasion, Michael Kazin

Been trying all day to figure out where this quote can fit into the chapter of my book I’m working on and finally decided th...