William Jennings Bryan Quote

You shall not press down upon the brow of labour this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

Opposing the gold standard

speech at the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1896, in The First Battle. A Story of the Campaign of 1896 (1896) vol. 1, ch. 10


You shall not press down upon the brow of labour this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

You shall not press down upon the brow of labour this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

You shall not press down upon the brow of labour this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

You shall not press down upon the brow of labour this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.