That is the one thing in my public career that I regret–my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANAll 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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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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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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Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
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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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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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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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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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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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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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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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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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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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The people of Nebraska are for free silver and I am for free silver. I will look up the arguments later.
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Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
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