You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANThe greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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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There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.
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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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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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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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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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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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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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If God himself was not willing to use coercion to force man to accept certain religious views, man, uninspired and liable to error, ought not to use the means that Jehovah would not employ.
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There is no more reason to believe that man descended from an inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.
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If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?
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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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