America lived by the motto "Get rich; dishonestly if we can, honestly if we must," according to

A. Boss Tweed, in a 1888 speech to his political machine

B. Officials of the Union Pacific Railroad in testimony to Congress in 1872

C. participants in the whiskey Ring

D. Mark Twain, describing the Gilded Age

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Dominick Harrington

21 December, 00:35

America lived by the motto "Get rich; dishonestly if we can, honestly if we must," according to

A. Boss Tweed, in a 1888 speech to his political machine

B. Officials of the Union Pacific Railroad in testimony to Congress in 1872

C. participants in the whiskey Ring

D. Mark Twain, describing the Gilded Age

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Holden Barrett · Answer 1

In the best selling novel The Gilded Age, Mark Twain argued that the United States lived by the motto "Get rich; dishonestly if we can, honestly is we must."