If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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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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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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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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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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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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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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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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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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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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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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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.
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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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