A man who murders another shortens by a few brief years the life of a human being; but he who votes to increase the burden of debts upon the people of the United States assumes a graver responsibility.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANTwo 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.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
-
-
Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN -
Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN -
I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN -
The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN -
Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN -
Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN -
Love makes money-grabbing seem contemptible; love makes class prejudice impossible; love makes selfish ambition a thing to be despised; love converts enemies into friends.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN -
You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN -
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 -
Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN -
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 -
The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN -
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 BRYAN -
The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN -
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN






