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The democrat says that society is built from the bottom and the…
Quote byWilliam Jennings Bryan · 1860–1925
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Commoner Condensed (1907), Commoner Condensed BY William Jennings Bryan VOLUME VI, Published by THE HENNEBERRY COMPANY Chicago, 1907, P.353.
English (original)
The democrat says that society is built from the bottom and the republican thinks that society is suspended from the top. The democrat says, make the masses prosperous and then all who rest upon them will share in the prosperity, but the republicans say, make the well to do prosperous and their prosperity will leak through on those below.
— William Jennings Bryan
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