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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANChrist has made of death a narrow starlit strip between the companionships of yesterday and the reunions of tomorrow.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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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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The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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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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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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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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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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None 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.
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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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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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