| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 63850 |
| QUOTATION: | There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Edith Wharton (1862–1937), U.S. author. letter, Feb. 11, 1934. The Letters of Edith Wharton (1988).
The letter was written during the economic crisis following the 1929 Wall Street crash. |
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