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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANIf we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.
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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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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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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.
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Atheists have just as much civil right to teach atheism as Christians have to teach Christianity; agnostics have just as much right to teach agnosticism as Christians have to teach their religion.
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Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.
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Christ has made of death a narrow starlit strip between the companionships of yesterday and the reunions of tomorrow.
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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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We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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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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If God himself was not willing to use coercion to force man to accept certain religious views, man, uninspired and liable to error, ought not to use the means that Jehovah would not employ.
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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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