Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANThe parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.
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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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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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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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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Belief in God is almost universal and the effect of this belief is so vast that one is appalled at the thought of what social conditions would be if reverence for God were erased from every heart.
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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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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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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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Christ has made of death a narrow starlit strip between the companionships of yesterday and the reunions of tomorrow.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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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 we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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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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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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