Implicit in the stare of those eyes, the power of those knobbly hands, was labor's historic threat of violence against capital.

Edmund Morris
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  1. In the tired hand of a dying man, Theodore Senior had written: "The 'Machine politicians' have shown their colors... I feel sorry for the country however as it shows the power of partisan politicians who think of nothing higher than their own interests, and I...

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