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 BRYANThe wisdom of the Bible writers is more than human; the prophecies proclaim a Supreme Ruler who, though inhabiting all space, deigns to speak through the hearts and minds and tongues of His children.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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.
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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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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced back to the teaching of evolution. It would be better to destroy every other book ever written, and save just the first three verses of Genesis.
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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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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We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
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There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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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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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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Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.
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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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