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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.

William Jennings Bryan

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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Better Destroy Evolution Save Suffering Trace
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Drive God Himself Hope Universe
If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Choice Education Give Up Religion
If God himself was not willing to use coercion to force man to accept certain religious views, man, uninspired and liable to error, ought not to use the means that Jehovah would not employ.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Employment Errors God Man Mistake Religious Willing
Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Connection Money Soul Temptation
Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Afraid Day Minority Oneself Right Stand
If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Bible Religious Science Wrong
No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Citizenship Friendship Greatness Soldier Transformation Victory
When we advocate a thing which we believe will be successful we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by trying to show what we will do if we are wrong.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Accomplishment Believe Sincerity Success Willing Wrong
Whenever one refuses to admit such a self-evident truth, for instance, as that it is wrong to steal, don’t argue with him-search him; the reason may be found in his pocket.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Argument Evidence Himself Search Truth Wrong
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 BRYAN

Blessing Enjoyment Government Man Ourselves Pay Share Willing
If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Desire Government Ourselves Rule Spiritual
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?
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Body Change Count Death Man Spark Spirit
No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Earn Honesty Money Oneself
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Liberty Man Money Patriot Pursue Steal Yourself
If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Believe Myself Swallow