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William Jennings Bryan

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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Convert Enemy Friendship Love Money Prejudice
We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
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Live Ourselves Rest
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
If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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Choice Education Give Up Religion
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Burn Country Farm Leaving Magic Spring Yourself
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
If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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Bible Religious Science Wrong
The speech of one who knows what he is talking about and means what he says-it is thought on fire.
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Fire Oneself Speech Talk Thinking
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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Acknowledgement Depend Ourselves
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.
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Liberty Man Money Patriot Pursue Steal Yourself
Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Complete Manifestation Population Yourself
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
The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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Age Important Rock
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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Continue Hesitation Labor Moments Oneself Struggle Success Watch
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
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
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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Assumption Human Life Man Murder Responsibility Vote
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Consent Earth Nation People Question
The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.
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Atheist Home Parents Pay Right Teacher
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
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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Defend Discussion Greatness Human Interest Place Public Rights Talk
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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Empire Fear Flag Stand
Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.
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Assumption Chronicle Creation Earth Life Reveal Source
Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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Heart Lips Speech
That is the one thing in my public career that I regret–my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.
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Career Regret Reservation Secure Work
No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Earn Honesty Money Oneself
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Essence Expression Goodness Patriot Sacrifice True Willing

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