Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANIf it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.
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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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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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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We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.
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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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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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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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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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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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The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
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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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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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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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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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