“I consider it important, indeed urgently necessary, for intellectual workers to get together, both to protect their own economic status and also, generally speaking, to secure their influence in the political field.”
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A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words, but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.
Likely origin: Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words
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