Carolina QuotesThis is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to speak to you in defence of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty—the cause of humanity.
William Jennings Bryan Carolinian
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- Cross of Gold Speech (1896)
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- 1896
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