If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANIf we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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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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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 Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.
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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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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.
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Atheists have just as much civil right to teach atheism as Christians have to teach Christianity; agnostics have just as much right to teach agnosticism as Christians have to teach their religion.
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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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The 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.
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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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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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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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There is no more reason to believe that man descended from an inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.
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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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