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.
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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Christ has made of death a narrow starlit strip between the companionships of yesterday and the reunions of tomorrow.
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The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.
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This nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth.
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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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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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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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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
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Principles are eternal.
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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 large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.
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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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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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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.
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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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