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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

William Jennings Bryan

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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Believe Essential Moral Practical Religion True
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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Animal Believe Man Reason Small
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Acknowledgement Depend Ourselves
Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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Heart Lips Speech
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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Gold Hard Work Kind Labor Man Yourself
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 BRYAN

Career Regret Reservation Secure Work
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Assumption Human Life Man Murder Responsibility Vote
Principles are eternal.
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Forever One Liner Principle
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Defend Discussion Greatness Human Interest Place Public Rights Talk
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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Atheist Civil Religion Right Teaching
Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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Deal Government Greedy Wrong
None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.
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Active Burden Enjoyment Life
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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Convert Enemy Friendship Love Money Prejudice
Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
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Blood Rich Time Trade War
Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.
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Combination Estate Investment Reality Rise Save
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.
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Conversation Listening Oneself People Talk Thinking