That is the one thing in my public career that I regret–my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANIf 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.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.
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Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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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 we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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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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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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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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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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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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Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.
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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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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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If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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