If matter mute and inanimate, though changed by the forces of Nature into a multitude of forms, can never die, will the spirit of man suffer annihilation when it has paid a brief visit, like a royal guest, to this tenement of clay?
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANWe spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.
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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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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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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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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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When 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.
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Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.
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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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Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.
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That is the one thing in my public career that I regret–my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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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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