If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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 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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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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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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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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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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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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Christ has made of death a narrow starlit strip between the companionships of yesterday and the reunions of tomorrow.
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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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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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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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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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Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
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Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.
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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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None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.
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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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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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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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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.
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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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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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The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.
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