Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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.
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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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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.
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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.
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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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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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If matter mute and inanimate, though changed by the forces of Nature into a multitude of forms, can never die, will the spirit of man suffer annihilation when it has paid a brief visit, like a royal guest, to this tenement of clay?
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This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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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.
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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.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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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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Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.
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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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