This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANOn Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.
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Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
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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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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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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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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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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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If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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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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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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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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No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
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