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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANIf we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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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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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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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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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 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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Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
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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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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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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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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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No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
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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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