If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANSelfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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When we advocate a thing which we believe will be successful we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by trying to show what we will do if we are wrong.
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We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.
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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.
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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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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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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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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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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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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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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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Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.
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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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