We know that if gold, if fraud, if force can defeat us, they will all be used. And we have resolved that they shall not defeat us. We shall arm. We shall meet fraud and falsehood with defiance, and force with force, if need be.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity.
Those who perpetrate fraud against our financial institutions will be met with the full force of law enforcement.
We are with you in this work. Workingmen must form a party of their own, take charge of the government, dispose gilded fraud, and put honest toil in power.
An organized effort is making to deceive the people. There are two great enemies of thought and progress, the aristocracy of royalty and the aristocracy of gold.
Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.
There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve.
O accursed hunger of gold, to what dost thou not compel human hearts!
A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.
Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.