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We object to bringing this question down to the level of persons. The…

Quote byWilliam Jennings Bryan · 1860–1925

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Cross of Gold Speech (1896).

English (original)

We object to bringing this question down to the level of persons. The individual is but an atom; he is born, he acts, he dies; but principles are eternal; and this has been a contest over a principle.

— William Jennings Bryan

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