You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANLove 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 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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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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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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Belief in God is almost universal and the effect of this belief is so vast that one is appalled at the thought of what social conditions would be if reverence for God were erased from every heart.
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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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When I find a man who is not willing to pay his share of the burden of the government which protects him, I find a man who is unworthy to enjoy the blessings of a government like ours.
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This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.
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Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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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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