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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANIf it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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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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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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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.
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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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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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Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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