“Wealth has never yet sacrificed itself on the altar of patriotism.”

— Robert M. La Follette Sr.

"La Follette Fights for Higher War Tax", New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E05E3DE123FE433A25751C2A96E9C946696D6CF (August 22, 1917)

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