If there is no God there is no hereafter. When, therefore, one drives God out of the universe he closes the door of hope upon himself.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANIf the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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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 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?
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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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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Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.
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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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I have been so satisfied with the Christian religion that I have spent no time trying to find arguments against it. I am not afraid now that you will show me any. I feel that I have enough information to live and die by.
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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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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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That is the one thing in my public career that I regret–my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.
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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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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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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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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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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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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 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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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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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.
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The speech of one who knows what he is talking about and means what he says-it is thought on fire.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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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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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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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.
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