That is the one thing in my public career that I regret–my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANMy place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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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 Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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When we advocate a thing which we believe will be successful we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by trying to show what we will do if we are wrong.
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The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.
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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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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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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?
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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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Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.
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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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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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Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
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The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one’s country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.
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Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.
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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.
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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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The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.
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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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If there is no God there is no hereafter. When, therefore, one drives God out of the universe he closes the door of hope upon himself.
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We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
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If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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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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Principles are eternal.
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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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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.
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