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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANIf 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.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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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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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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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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Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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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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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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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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If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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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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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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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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Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.
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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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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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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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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments – a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.
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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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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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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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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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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?
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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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