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.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANDestiny 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.
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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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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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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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 have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
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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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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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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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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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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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I have been so satisfied with the Christian religion that I have spent no time trying to find arguments against it. I am not afraid now that you will show me any. I feel that I have enough information to live and die by.
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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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No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
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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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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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