William Jennings Bryan Quotes

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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Burn Country Farm Leaving Magic Spring
Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Blood Rich Time Trade War
Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Heart Lips Speech
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 BRYAN

Consent Earth Nation People Question
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 BRYAN

Defend Discussion Greatness Human Place Public Rights Talk
One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Believe Easy Miracle Oneself
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Breathe Change Fear Human Life Live Moments Thinking
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 BRYAN

Accomplishment Believe Sincerity Success Willing Wrong
A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Belief Control Fundamental God Influence Life
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Conversation Listening Oneself People Talk Thinking

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