Democratic Principles

The democratic party believes in equal rights to all and special privilege to none. The republican party holds that special privileges are essential to national prosperity. It believes that national prosperity must originate with the special interests and seep down through the channels of trade to the less favored industries to the wage earners and small salaried employes. It has accordingly enthroned privilege and nurtured selfishness.

The republican party is concerned chiefly with material things; the democratic party is concerned chiefly with human rights. The masses, burdened by discriminating laws and unjust administration, are demanding relief. The favored special interests, represented by the republican party, contented with their unjust privileges, are demanding that no change be made. The democratic party stands for remedial legislation and progress. The republican party stands still.

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Chicago: "Democratic Principles," Democratic Party Platform of 1924 in Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.243 Original Sources, accessed October 31, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EPCN2MHIPPW5Z1C.

MLA: . "Democratic Principles." Democratic Party Platform of 1924, in Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.243, Original Sources. 31 Oct. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EPCN2MHIPPW5Z1C.

Harvard: , 'Democratic Principles' in Democratic Party Platform of 1924. cited in , Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.243. Original Sources, retrieved 31 October 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EPCN2MHIPPW5Z1C.