If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANGreed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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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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If we steal a man’s purse we are thieves. If we steal twelve hundred islands we are patriots. If you steal a man’s money you will be sent to the penitentiary. If you steal his liberty you will be sent to the White House.
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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 speech of one who knows what he is talking about and means what he says-it is thought on fire.
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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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We have our thoughts, our hopes, our fears, and yet we know that in a moment a change may come over any one of us that will convert a living, breathing human being into a mass of lifeless clay.
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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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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No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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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 and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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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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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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