George W. Norris on World War I - Quotation

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World War I

	We are going into war on the command of gold. We are going to run the risk of sacrificing millions of our countrymen's lives in order that other countrymen may coin their lifeblood into money. We are about to do the bidding of wealth's terrible mandate.

George W. Norris (1861 - 1944)

U.S. politician
Referring to U.S. entry into World War I.

Speech to U.S. Congress, April 4, 1917.