Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANWhenever 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.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
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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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There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.
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Principles are eternal.
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We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
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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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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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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.
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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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No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
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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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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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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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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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Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
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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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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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