No honest man can make war upon great fortunes per se. The Democratic Party never has done it; and when the Democratic Party begins to do it, it will cease to be the Democratic Party and become the socialistic party of the United States; or better expressed, the communistic party, or quasi communistic party, of the United States.
Democrat Senator John Sharp Williams (D-MI). Date not provided. From The Great Tax Wars, p. 279.
Wednesday, August 27, 1913
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