The Gilded Age Quotes

“congressman was a hog that could understand only a blow on the snout.”
― Milton Rugoff, The Gilded Age

“As early as 1808, John Adams said, with a surprisingly modern accent, “We have one material which actually constitutes an aristocracy that governs the nation. That material is wealth. Talents, birth, virtues, services, sacrifices, are of little consideration with us.”
― Milton Rugoff, The Gilded Age