Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the laboring interests and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: 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, Cross of Gold Speech, July 9, 1896; aka "How to steal a nomination at the convention".
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