This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANWe can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.
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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
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The people of Nebraska are for free silver and I am for free silver. I will look up the arguments later.
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If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?
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If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.
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Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
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If we steal a man’s purse we are thieves. If we steal twelve hundred islands we are patriots. If you steal a man’s money you will be sent to the penitentiary. If you steal his liberty you will be sent to the White House.
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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.
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Whenever one refuses to admit such a self-evident truth, for instance, as that it is wrong to steal, don’t argue with him-search him; the reason may be found in his pocket.
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The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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