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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANThe 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.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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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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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 people of Nebraska are for free silver and I am for free silver. I will look up the arguments later.
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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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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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Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.
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Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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That is the one thing in my public career that I regret–my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.
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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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