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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.

William Jennings Bryan

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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Atheist Civil Religion Right Teaching
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Accomplishment Believe Sincerity Success Willing Wrong
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Drive God Himself Hope Universe
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Animal Believe Man Reason Small
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Argument Evidence Himself Search Truth Wrong
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Conversation Listening Oneself People Talk Thinking
Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Forever Invisible Mystery Patriotism
Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Connection Money Soul Temptation
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Liberty Man Money Patriot Pursue Steal Yourself
Christ has made of death a narrow starlit strip between the companionships of yesterday and the reunions of tomorrow.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Company Death Future Union
Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Advance Common Interest Obstruction Oneself Selfish Truth
Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Attitude Evolution Mindset Natural Spiritual
My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

History Myself People Place
The people of Nebraska are for free silver and I am for free silver. I will look up the arguments later.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Argument Freedom Myself People Silver
If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Choice Education Give Up Religion
We have our thoughts, our hopes, our fears, and yet we know that in a moment a change may come over any one of us that will convert a living, breathing human being into a mass of lifeless clay.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Breathe Change Fear Human Life Live Moments Thinking