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world war history : daily records and comments as appeared in american and foreign newspapers, 1914-1926 (new york) 1928- — little people

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1917-02-14
Location: new york, new york, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: world war history : daily records and comments as appeared in american and foreign newspapers, 1914-1926 (new york) 1928- · 1917-02-14 · page 117
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1917-02-14 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “little people”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... people—big people so called and little people. „The big people, the very rich men of whom some seem very eager for war just now, should bear in mind one thing. THIS TIME THEY WILL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF PAYING THEIR FAIR PART OF THE BILL. What Lloyd George said to the rich Englishmen long ago the Gov ernment of the United States may be relied upon to say to the very pros perous Americans now. “You want a great navy, you shall‘haye it. You want absolute pro 'tection for your wealth and your commercial plans. You shall have it. The only change contemplated is that YOU, instead of the little people, SHALL PAY THE BILL.” ...

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