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 BRYANI hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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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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The wisdom of the Bible writers is more than human; the prophecies proclaim a Supreme Ruler who, though inhabiting all space, deigns to speak through the hearts and minds and tongues of His children.
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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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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.
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None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life.
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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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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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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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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.
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Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.
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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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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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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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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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When we advocate a thing which we believe will be successful we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by trying to show what we will do if we are wrong.
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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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Principles are eternal.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?
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Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science.
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Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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