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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.

William Jennings Bryan

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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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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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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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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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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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I have been so satisfied with the Christian religion that I have spent no time trying to find arguments against it. I am not afraid now that you will show me any. I feel that I have enough information to live and die by.
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Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.
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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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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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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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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
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