My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANYou shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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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.
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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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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.
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You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.
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There is no more reason to believe that man descended from an inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.
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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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We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
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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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