Sentence examples for cross of Gold from inspiring English sources
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A public policy which puts the interests of the rich ahead of those of the poor.
Long portrayed the battle as being between him and his old nemesis; one flyer he had printed — and delivered at state expense — was titled "The Cross of Gold: Standard Oil Company vs. Huey P. Long".
Freed from the Bankers' "Cross of Gold" Freed from the strictures of gold, Roosevelt was able to jump-start the economy with deficit spending.
William Jennings Bryan delivered his "Cross of Gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
It was in 1896 that Bryan made his famous "Cross of Gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention, in which he used the metaphor of the crucifixion of the farmers of America on a cross of gold by the Eastern industrial establishment by insisting on maintaining the gold standard, rather than a silver-backed currency.
A novel published in 1896, The White Slave; or, The Cross of Gold, reveals her early grasp of economic issues.
In the presidential election of 1896, the People's Party nominated Democratic candidate, William Jennings Bryan, whose "cross of gold" campaign focused on the "free silver" issue, avoiding the much more appealing structural radicalism of Populism.
William Jennings, the US presidential candidate declared famously in 1896 that America was being crucified on a cross of gold.
As William Jennings Bryan Saw Himself in Retrospect; In His Memoirs He Tells the True Story of the Crown of Thorns and Cross of Gold Speech THE MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
The "cross of gold" speech that secured Bryan the presidential nomination at the Democratic convention of 1896 and a place at the head of the Populist ticket as well, is remembered today for its stirring peroration: "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold".
William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold Speech" at the 1896 Democratic National Convention was perhaps the finest examples of a speech perfectly timed to fit the occasion.
Bryan gave a Cross-of-Gold speech, and Obama gave a Cross-of-Media speech.
