It is not possible, therefore, for anyone ever to know whether or not Paul's analysis is true-although one part of it seems indisputable: apart from what he could get from his mother's estate, Robert Moses, forty-one years old, had no money to speak of at all. But it is possible to ascertain the truth of Paul Moses' other charge. It is possible to determine whether or not it is true that Robert Moses secretly employed his behind-the-scenes influence in city government to keep his brother from getting jobs he deserved. It is true.

— The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro (Page 586)