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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANThe speech of one who knows what he is talking about and means what he says-it is thought on fire.
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All 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 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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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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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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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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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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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.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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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 have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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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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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.
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