Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANYou shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.
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As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.
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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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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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If matter mute and inanimate, though changed by the forces of Nature into a multitude of forms, can never die, will the spirit of man suffer annihilation when it has paid a brief visit, like a royal guest, to this tenement of clay?
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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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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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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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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If it be true, as I believe it is, that morality is dependent upon religion, then religion is not only the most practical thing in the world, but the first essential.
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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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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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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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