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 BRYANOne miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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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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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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No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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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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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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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.
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The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one’s country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.
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There is no more reason to believe that man descended from an inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.
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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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Belief in God is almost universal and the effect of this belief is so vast that one is appalled at the thought of what social conditions would be if reverence for God were erased from every heart.
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