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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.

William Jennings Bryan

That is the one thing in my public career that I regret–my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Career Regret Reservation Secure Work
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

Drive God Himself Hope Universe
One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Believe Easy Miracle Oneself
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

Argument Evidence Himself Search Truth Wrong
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

Continue Hesitation Labor Moments Oneself Struggle Success Watch
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Conversation Listening Oneself People Talk Thinking
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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

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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 BRYAN

Believe Essential Moral Practical Religion True
We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Live Ourselves Rest
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 BRYAN

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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

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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

Convert Enemy Friendship Love Money Prejudice
Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

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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

Burn Country Farm Leaving Magic Spring Yourself
Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

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