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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31 July, 19:41

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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Cassidy Daniel · 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."