I have been so satisfied with the Christian religion that I have spent no time trying to find arguments against it. I am not afraid now that you will show me any. I feel that I have enough information to live and die by.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANWhen I find a man who is not willing to pay his share of the burden of the government which protects him, I find a man who is unworthy to enjoy the blessings of a government like ours.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
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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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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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A man who murders another shortens by a few brief years the life of a human being; but he who votes to increase the burden of debts upon the people of the United States assumes a graver responsibility.
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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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Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.
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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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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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The speech of one who knows what he is talking about and means what he says-it is thought on fire.
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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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As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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