Democratic Quote by John W. Davis

“When will we get done with the fool idea that the way to make a party grow is to scare away everybody who has an extra dollar in his pocket? God forbid that the Democratic Party should become a mere gathering of the unsuccessful!”

John W. Davis

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“Governor Barber, who may have understood these things also, undermined Angus’s plan. Because of the actions of the governor of Wyoming, it would be…

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“The shortage of information did not keep the Cheyenne Sun from taking some strong editorial positions. Indeed, the Sun’s impartiality, never more than a…

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“To ensure that no men would be kept from the fray because they lacked equipment, the Buffalo merchant Robert Foote threw open all the…

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“the Johnson County commissioners, who “talked very feelingly,” he said. “They resent the many slurs cast upon their county by the cattle barons who…

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“The barn at the T. A. stands today, and one cannot help but notice perfectly circular holes in the side walls, about half an…

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“For a time the invaders believed they would be rescued, if not by troops, then by reinforcements from other big cattlemen. But a message…

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“In sum, until April 12, Governor Barber, apparently assumed that his friends were faring well, and took no action whatsoever. Governor Barber’s friends, however,…

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Above all, as the keynote of all Democratic policy, in passing upon any question, let the controlling aim and ambition be to keep the…

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In the heart of every lawyer, worthy of the name, there burns a deep ambition so to bear himself that the profession may be…

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“went to the White House and got the President out of bed. Carey and President Harrison were said to be old Senate friends, and…

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“Suddenly, in the far distance, a bugle was heard, heralding the troops from Fort McKinney. The fighting at the T. A. did not stop…

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True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures—unless as amateurs for our own principal…

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