Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANThe 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.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?
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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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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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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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Principles are eternal.
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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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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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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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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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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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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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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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I have been so satisfied with the Christian religion that I have spent no time trying to find arguments against it. I am not afraid now that you will show me any. I feel that I have enough information to live and die by.
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