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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANBelief 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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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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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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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 essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one’s country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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Principles are eternal.
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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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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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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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Whenever one refuses to admit such a self-evident truth, for instance, as that it is wrong to steal, don’t argue with him-search him; the reason may be found in his pocket.
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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.
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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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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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