If it be true, as I believe it is, that morality is dependent upon religion, then religion is not only the most practical thing in the world, but the first essential.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANWe have our thoughts, our hopes, our fears, and yet we know that in a moment a change may come over any one of us that will convert a living, breathing human being into a mass of lifeless clay.
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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
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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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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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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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We have our thoughts, our hopes, our fears, and yet we know that in a moment a change may come over any one of us that will convert a living, breathing human being into a mass of lifeless clay.
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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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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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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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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.
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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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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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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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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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