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 BRYANNo greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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Principles are eternal.
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That is the one thing in my public career that I regret–my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.
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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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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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The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.
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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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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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You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
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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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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.
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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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