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.
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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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.
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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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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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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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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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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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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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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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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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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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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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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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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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