If it be true, as I believe it is, that morality is dependent upon religion, then religion is not only the most practical thing in the world, but the first essential.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANThe wisdom of the Bible writers is more than human; the prophecies proclaim a Supreme Ruler who, though inhabiting all space, deigns to speak through the hearts and minds and tongues of His children.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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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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We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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Principles are eternal.
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Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
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Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.
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Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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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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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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There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.
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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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