If matter mute and inanimate, though changed by the forces of Nature into a multitude of forms, can never die, will the spirit of man suffer annihilation when it has paid a brief visit, like a royal guest, to this tenement of clay?
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANAn orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.
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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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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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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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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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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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Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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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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No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
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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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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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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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When we advocate a thing which we believe will be successful we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by trying to show what we will do if we are wrong.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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