There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that, if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests up on them.

The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.

You come to us and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile prairies. Bu…

Character is the entity, the individuality of the person, shining from every window of the soul, either as a beam of purity, or as a clouded ray that betrays t…

I believe and I say it is true Democratic feeling, that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor p…

Equal wealth and equal opportunities of culture...have simply made us all members of one class.

And with respect to the mode in which these general principles affect the secure possession of property, so far am I from invalidating such security, that the …