"Jerry-builder" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Unfortunately, however, we do not believe this. What we believe, or, rather, what we know, is that the attack on Socialism in the Thunderer arises from a chaos of inconsistent and mostly evil motives, any one of which would lose simply by being named. A jerry-builder whose houses have been condemned writes anonymously and becomes the Thunderer. A Socialist who has quarrelled with the other Socialists writes anonymously, and he becomes the Thunderer. A monopolist who has lost his monopoly, and a demagogue who has lost his mob, ...
— All Things Considered • G. K. Chesterton
... the jerry-builder was a hard nut to crack then as now. As to Nero's edict, New York enacted it for its own protection ...
— The Battle with the Slum • Jacob A. Riis |
