 European conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind; and the possessors of these, in turn, despise the republic and endanger liberty. From the same...  The Tribune Almanac and Political Register - Page 511893Full view - About this book
 | William M. Wiecek - Law - 1998 - 296 pages
...standing army, unrecognized by our laws, is established to shoot them down. . . . The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few . . . and the possessors of these, in turn, despise the Republic and endanger liberty.... [Republicans... | |
 | Jeffrey S. Gurock - Jews - 1998 - 486 pages
...every man's right." Yet a year before, the Populist program had declared "that the fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few."'** The immanentist theology of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century placed God in the midst... | |
 | Gary Noy - History - 1999 - 492 pages
...shoot them down, and they are rapidly degenerating into European conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal...unprecedented in the history of mankind; and the possessors of those, in turn, despise the Republic and endanger liberty. From the same prolific womb of governmental... | |
 | Ballard C. Campbell - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 262 pages
...which surround us best justify our cooperation," argued the platform's preamble. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal...in turn, despise the republic and endanger liberty. . . . We believe that the powers of government — in other words, of the people — should be expanded... | |
 | William E. Lass - History - 2000 - 340 pages
...preamble to it. Appealing to the disillusioned and the disaffected, he urged major reforms because "from the same prolific womb of governmental injustice we breed the two great classes — tramps and millionaires."4 Whatever aspirations Donnelly had to be the party's presidential nominee were dashed... | |
 | Meredith Tax - Business & Economics - 2000 - 356 pages
...shoot them down, and they are rapidly degenerating into European conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal...turn despise the republic and endanger liberty.'' The newly formed American Federation of Labor was part of this upsurge of popular militance. This may... | |
 | Neil A. Hamilton - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 386 pages
...in Omaha, Nebraska, that July, they wrote a platform with a resounding preamble: "The fruits of toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal...despise the Republic and endanger liberty. " From there they proposed the unlimited coinage of silver and much more. They wanted to democratize the country... | |
 | William Lazonick - Business & Economics - 2002 - 456 pages
...ruin. . . . The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for the few, unprecedented in the history of mankind; and...and endanger liberty. From the same prolific womb of government injustice are bred two great classes of tramps and millionaires. (McMurray (1929), p. 7).... | |
 | Thomas V. DiBacco - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 312 pages
...conditions. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes fora few, unprecedented in the history of mankind; and...the two great classes — tramps and millionaires. More worrisome to business was the actual Populist platform, which called for government ownership... | |
 | Charles W. Calhoun - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 364 pages
...which surround us best justify our cooperation," argued the platform's preamble. The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal...in turn, despise the republic and endanger liberty. . . . We believe that the powers of government — in other words, of the people — should be expanded... | |
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