In order to get what we've got, Anita, we have, in effect, traded these people out of what was the most important thing on earth to them — the feeling of being needed and useful, the foundation of self-respect.


Chapter 18 (p. 169) - Player Piano (1952)


In order to get what we've got, Anita, we have, in effect, traded these people out of what was the most important thing on earth to them — the...

In order to get what we've got, Anita, we have, in effect, traded these people out of what was the most important thing on earth to them — the...

In order to get what we've got, Anita, we have, in effect, traded these people out of what was the most important thing on earth to them — the...

In order to get what we've got, Anita, we have, in effect, traded these people out of what was the most important thing on earth to them — the...