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John Steinbeck never said that. At least not now it’s popularly quoted. https://www.reddit.com/r/NeutralPolitics/comments/23ar71/temporarily_embarrassed_millio

• FabHK 9y ago
  However, Ronald Wright reported that he had said it, see the "Disputed" box at the end of the Wikiquote article. EDIT to add: FWIW, it's an insightful aphorism independent of who said it. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck