Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYANMost of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
More William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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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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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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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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Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
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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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Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.
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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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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 we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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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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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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Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
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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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If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?
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The people of Nebraska are for free silver and I am for free silver. I will look up the arguments later.
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