If matter mute and inanimate, though changed by the forces of Nature into a multitude of forms, can never die, will the spirit of man suffer annihilation when it has paid a brief visit, like a royal guest, to this tenement of clay?
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANYou shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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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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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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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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That is the one thing in my public career that I regret–my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.
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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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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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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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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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Love makes money-grabbing seem contemptible; love makes class prejudice impossible; love makes selfish ambition a thing to be despised; love converts enemies into friends.
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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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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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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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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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If we steal a man’s purse we are thieves. If we steal twelve hundred islands we are patriots. If you steal a man’s money you will be sent to the penitentiary. If you steal his liberty you will be sent to the White House.
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If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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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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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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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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Principles are eternal.
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If it be true, as I believe it is, that morality is dependent upon religion, then religion is not only the most practical thing in the world, but the first essential.
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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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