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 BRYANWhenever 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.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.
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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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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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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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If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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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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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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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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Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.
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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.
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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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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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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