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 BRYANAgnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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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.
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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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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.
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Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
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Love makes money-grabbing seem contemptible; love makes class prejudice impossible; love makes selfish ambition a thing to be despised; love converts enemies into friends.
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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.
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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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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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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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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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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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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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Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.
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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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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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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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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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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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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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Principles are eternal.
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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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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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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.
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