Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments – a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANThe great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced back to the teaching of evolution. It would be better to destroy every other book ever written, and save just the first three verses of Genesis.
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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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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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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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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 Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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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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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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Love makes money-grabbing seem contemptible; love makes class prejudice impossible; love makes selfish ambition a thing to be despised; love converts enemies into friends.
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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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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 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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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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