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 BRYANLove 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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Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
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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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If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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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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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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Atheists have just as much civil right to teach atheism as Christians have to teach Christianity; agnostics have just as much right to teach agnosticism as Christians have to teach their religion.
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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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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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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced back to the teaching of evolution. It would be better to destroy every other book ever written, and save just the first three verses of Genesis.
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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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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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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
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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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