What our generation failed to learn was the nobility of work. An honest day's labor. The worthiness of the man in the white socks who would pull out a picture of his grandkids from his wallet. For us, the factory would never do. And turning away from our birthright - our grandfather in the white socks - is the thing that ruined us.


Detroit: An American Autopsy (ed. Penguin, 2013) - ISBN: 9781101605882

Charlie LeDuff Quotes

What our generation failed to learn was the nobility of work. An honest day's labor. The worthiness of the man in the white socks who would pull out...

What our generation failed to learn was the nobility of work. An honest day's labor. The worthiness of the man in the white socks who would pull out...

What our generation failed to learn was the nobility of work. An honest day's labor. The worthiness of the man in the white socks who would pull out...

What our generation failed to learn was the nobility of work. An honest day's labor. The worthiness of the man in the white socks who would pull out...