"It means that the silver coins of the……" — Richard Parks Bland
"It means that the silver coins of the United States at whatever ratio is fixed, and I want the present ratio that we have now, 16 to 1, maintained precisely as it is."
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16 Quotes by Richard Parks Bland
Richard Parks Bland has 16 quotes on this site.
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Now, mark it. This may be strong language, but heed it. The people mean it, and, my friends of the…
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What is the effect of unlimited coinage of silver in this country? and I invite your attention to this particularly,…
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The aristocracy of Western Europe has absolutely tabooed silver in those countries and driven it away from there. Here it…
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Any political party that undertakes to do it will, in God's name, be trampled, as it ought to be trampled,…
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Many now born, by the time they are voters will compose part of a nation with a genius nowhere equaled,…
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Speaking as a Democrat, all my life battling for what I conceived to be Democracy, and what I conceived to…
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Will you stand by it now, or will you let the Shylocks come and have their way? It is for…
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I make a prediction here and now, and, my friends, I want you to watch the proceedings of Congress in…
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It is because the administration is hostile to silver; and thus it is surrendering this country to the Shylocks of…
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The last fight for the white metal is to be made here in this country and in this House, my…
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Are you to give up the fight and let this vast body of our wealth go to ruin? I do…
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We know well enough that if we repeal this law and give nothing for it, the people of this country…
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