The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANOur government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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 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.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.
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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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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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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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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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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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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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There is no more reason to believe that man descended from an inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.
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If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?
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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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