On the recordDecember 5, 1904
They are not against the rich man any more than against the poor man.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThey are not against the rich man any more than against the poor man.
Fourth Annual Message
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No man is worth his salt in public life who makes on the stump a pledge which he does not keep after election; and, if he makes such a pledge and does not keep it, hunt him out of public life.
A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.
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