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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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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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Essence Expression Goodness Patriot Sacrifice True Willing
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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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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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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Attention Discussion Drawn Greatness Settle
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
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Confidence Development Experience Record Success Yourself
Love makes money-grabbing seem contemptible; love makes class prejudice impossible; love makes selfish ambition a thing to be despised; love converts enemies into friends.
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Convert Enemy Friendship Love Money Prejudice
Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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Blood Constant Freedom Government
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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Continue Hesitation Labor Moments Oneself Struggle Success Watch
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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Argument Evidence Himself Search Truth Wrong
If there is no God there is no hereafter. When, therefore, one drives God out of the universe he closes the door of hope upon himself.
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Drive God Himself Hope Universe
Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.
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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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Age Important Rock
Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
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Connection Money Soul Temptation
If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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Choice Education Give Up Religion
We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
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Better Honesty Recognition Teaching Wrong
The 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.
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Children Himself Human Mindset Rule Wisdom Writing
There is no more reason to believe that man descended from an inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.
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Animal Believe Man Reason Small
Christ has made of death a narrow starlit strip between the companionships of yesterday and the reunions of tomorrow.
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Company Death Future Union
Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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Deal Government Greedy Wrong
Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
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Civilization Himself Respect Right Teaching
That is the one thing in my public career that I regret–my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.
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Career Regret Reservation Secure Work
None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.
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Active Burden Enjoyment Life
The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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Earth Greatness Little Slow
Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.
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Complete Manifestation Population Yourself
One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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Believe Easy Miracle Oneself
The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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Final Greatness Politics Question Wrong
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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Acknowledgement Depend Ourselves

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