William Jennings Bryan Quotes:
Ocupation: Former United States Secretary of State
Life: March 19, 1860 - July 26, 1925
Birthday: March 19
Death: July 26
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 upon them
source: Speech at Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Ill., 8 July 1896
topic: Believe, Government, Class, Supply Side Economics, Ordinary People, Common Interests, Trickle Down Economics
