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.
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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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.
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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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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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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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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.
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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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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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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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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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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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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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Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.
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Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
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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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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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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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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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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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Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
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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.
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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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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.
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