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“ But have not the Oligarchy standing armies ? " I asked . “ Yes . In Europe , however , they have been constrained , by inability to wring more taxes from the impoverished people , to gradually diminish their numbers .
“ But have not the Oligarchy standing armies ? " I asked . “ Yes . In Europe , however , they have been constrained , by inability to wring more taxes from the impoverished people , to gradually diminish their numbers .
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“ On the one side , " said Bryan in his famous speech against the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act , “ stand the corporate interests of the United States , the moneyed interests , aggregated wealth and capital , imperious ...
“ On the one side , " said Bryan in his famous speech against the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act , “ stand the corporate interests of the United States , the moneyed interests , aggregated wealth and capital , imperious ...
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Ignatius Donnelly characterized them as follows : “ Shallow - pated , sordid , unintellectual , they stand there , grabbing and grinning , while their brethren march past them to destruction . ” The Columbus , Nebraska , paper was less ...
Ignatius Donnelly characterized them as follows : “ Shallow - pated , sordid , unintellectual , they stand there , grabbing and grinning , while their brethren march past them to destruction . ” The Columbus , Nebraska , paper was less ...
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Populist Ideology | 7 |
A Cross of Gold | 23 |
Utopian Conceptions | 29 |
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