The Gilded Age (TV Series)

Close Enough to Touch (2023)

Patrick Page: Richard Clay

Quotes 

• Richard Clay : Any concession now could only spell weakness. Weakness is the harbinger of chaos. One blink, and you'll lose the war.

• Richard Clay : And their demands keep getting louder... constant chants of, 'eight, eight, eight.'

  George Russell : What's that?

  Richard Clay : Eight hours of work, eight hours of sleep, and eight hours of 'what you will.'

• George Russell : Would it be so terrible for them to have some time with their families?

  Richard Clay : Yes, it would be terrible because it would lead, first, to lower profits and, finally, to ruin, violence, bloodshed, and death.