A man who murders another shortens by a few brief years the life of a human being; but he who votes to increase the burden of debts upon the people of the United States assumes a graver responsibility.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANMy place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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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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We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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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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Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.
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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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Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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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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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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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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If it be true, as I believe it is, that morality is dependent upon religion, then religion is not only the most practical thing in the world, but the first essential.
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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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