Belief in God is almost universal and the effect of this belief is so vast that one is appalled at the thought of what social conditions would be if reverence for God were erased from every heart.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANThe great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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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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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.
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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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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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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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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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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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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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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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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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Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
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