Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"Oh, we wasn't in position then. But now the Frisco teamsters and
the whole Frisco Water Front Confederation is liable to back us
up. Anyway, we're just talkin' about it, that's all. But if we do
go out, we'll try to get back that ten per cent cut."

"It's rotten politics," he said another time. "Everybody's
rotten. If we'd only wise up and agree to pick out honest men--"