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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANAnglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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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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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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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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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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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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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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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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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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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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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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