You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANIf 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?
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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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A man who murders another shortens by a few brief years the life of a human being; but he who votes to increase the burden of debts upon the people of the United States assumes a graver responsibility.
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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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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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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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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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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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Principles are eternal.
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