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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANAtheists 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.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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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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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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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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Love makes money-grabbing seem contemptible; love makes class prejudice impossible; love makes selfish ambition a thing to be despised; love converts enemies into friends.
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.
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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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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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No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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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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