Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.

William Jennings Bryan

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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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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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Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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Feeling Man Thinking
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

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.
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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.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

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The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.
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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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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.

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

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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The speech of one who knows what he is talking about and means what he says-it is thought on fire.
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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?

WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

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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If we steal a man’s purse we are thieves. If we steal twelve hundred islands we are patriots. If you steal a man’s money you will be sent to the penitentiary. If you steal his liberty you will be sent to the White House.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

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