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 BRYANThere can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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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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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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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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Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
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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 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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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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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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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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Christ has made of death a narrow starlit strip between the companionships of yesterday and the reunions of tomorrow.
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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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The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.
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