# Quote — Jack London, The Iron Heel

> Judge them by their works. What have they done for mankind beyond the spinning of airy fancies and the mistaking of their own shadows for gods?

- Author: [Jack London](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-london.md)
- Book: [The Iron Heel](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-london/the-iron-heel.md)
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> The great driving force of the oligarchs is the belief that they are doing right.

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