No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
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.
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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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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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Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.
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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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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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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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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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Atheists have just as much civil right to teach atheism as Christians have to teach Christianity; agnostics have just as much right to teach agnosticism as Christians have to teach their religion.
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Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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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.
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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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We have our thoughts, our hopes, our fears, and yet we know that in a moment a change may come over any one of us that will convert a living, breathing human being into a mass of lifeless clay.
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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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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There is no more reason to believe that man descended from an inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.
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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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As long as there are human rights to be defended; as long as there are great interests to be guarded; as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.
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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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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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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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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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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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The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
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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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