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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANOnly those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.
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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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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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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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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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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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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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Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments – a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.
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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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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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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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We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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Principles are eternal.
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If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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