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 BRYANDestiny 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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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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Christ has made of death a narrow starlit strip between the companionships of yesterday and the reunions of tomorrow.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced back to the teaching of evolution. It would be better to destroy every other book ever written, and save just the first three verses of Genesis.
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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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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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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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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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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.
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My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.
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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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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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Atheists have just as much civil right to teach atheism as Christians have to teach Christianity; agnostics have just as much right to teach agnosticism as Christians have to teach their religion.
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Principles are eternal.
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We have our thoughts, our hopes, our fears, and yet we know that in a moment a change may come over any one of us that will convert a living, breathing human being into a mass of lifeless clay.
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We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
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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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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.
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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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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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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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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The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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