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 BRYANEvolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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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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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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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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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agree, the microscope is wrong.
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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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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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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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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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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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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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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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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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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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