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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANNone so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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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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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.
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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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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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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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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 greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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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 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.
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We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
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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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Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.
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