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 BRYANPrinciples are eternal.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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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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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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Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
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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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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced back to the teaching of evolution. It would be better to destroy every other book ever written, and save just the first three verses of Genesis.
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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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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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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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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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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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