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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANReal 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.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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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 we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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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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Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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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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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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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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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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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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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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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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If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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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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Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.
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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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Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.
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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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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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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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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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