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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANNever be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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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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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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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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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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Love makes money-grabbing seem contemptible; love makes class prejudice impossible; love makes selfish ambition a thing to be despised; love converts enemies into friends.
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Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
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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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Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.
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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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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
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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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