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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

William Jennings Bryan

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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Conversation Listening Oneself People Talk Thinking
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Defend Discussion Greatness Human Interest Place Public Rights Talk
Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Blood Constant Freedom Government
If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Believe Myself Swallow
If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Lawyer Need Requirement
If matter mute and inanimate, though changed by the forces of Nature into a multitude of forms, can never die, will the spirit of man suffer annihilation when it has paid a brief visit, like a royal guest, to this tenement of clay?
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Animation Brief Change Man Pay Suffering Visit
If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Body Change Count Death Man Spark Spirit
The wisdom of the Bible writers is more than human; the prophecies proclaim a Supreme Ruler who, though inhabiting all space, deigns to speak through the hearts and minds and tongues of His children.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Children Himself Human Mindset Rule Wisdom Writing
If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Desire Government Ourselves Rule Spiritual
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Blessing Enjoyment Government Man Ourselves Pay Share Willing
If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Bible Religious Science Wrong
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Confidence Development Experience Record Success Yourself
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Afraid Day Minority Oneself Right Stand
The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Law Old Rest Reveal
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Consent Earth Nation People Question
Whenever one refuses to admit such a self-evident truth, for instance, as that it is wrong to steal, don’t argue with him-search him; the reason may be found in his pocket.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Argument Evidence Himself Search Truth Wrong