An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANIf you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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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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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 wisdom of the Bible writers is more than human; the prophecies proclaim a Supreme Ruler who, though inhabiting all space, deigns to speak through the hearts and minds and tongues of His children.
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Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
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Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.
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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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We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
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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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Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.
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If God himself was not willing to use coercion to force man to accept certain religious views, man, uninspired and liable to error, ought not to use the means that Jehovah would not employ.
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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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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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