The Hardhat Riot Quotes

“According to lore, said one Italian immigrant, when they got here they found “the streets weren’t paved with gold, they weren’t paved at all, and I was expected to pave them.”14”
― David Paul Kuhn, The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution

“For the most part still, within the prestige press, Lindsay remained unsullied. His recent accolades, for how he mayored King’s death, bestowed a glow. So Life gave him the Full Kennedy.”
― David Paul Kuhn, The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution

“An old joke went: Daley, JFK, and Nikita Khrushchev are in a sinking lifeboat with only one life preserver. JFK says he should have it. Khrushchev demands he have it. Daley calls for a vote and wins, eight to two.”
― David Paul Kuhn, The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution