William Jennings Bryan Quotes
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If the Bible and the microscope do not agee, the microscope is wrong
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A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.
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The real question is, Did God use evolution as His plan? If it could be shown that man, instead of being made in the image of God, is a development of beasts we would have to accept it, regardless of its effort, for truth is truth and must prevail. But when there is no proof we have a right to consider the effect of the acceptance of an unsupported hypothesis.
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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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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 people of Nebraska are for free silver and I am for free silver. I will look up the arguments later.
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We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.
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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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Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country.
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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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Nation after nation, when at the zenith of its power, has proclaimed itself invincible because its army could shake the earth with its tread and its ships could fill the seas, but these nations are dead, and we must build upon a different foundation if we would avoid their fate.
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The first thing to understand is the difference between the natural person and the fictitious person called a corporation. They differ in the purpose for which they are created, in the strength which they possess, and in the restraints under which they act.
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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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New York is the city of privilege. Here is the seat of the Invisible Power represented by the allied forces of finance and industry. This Invisible Government is reactionary, sinister, unscrupulous, mercenary, and sordid. It is wanting in national ideals and devoid of conscience... This kind of government must be scourged and destroyed.
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The first objection to Darwinism is that it is only a guess and was never anything more. It is called a "hypothesis," but the word "hypothesis," though euphonious, dignified and high-sounding, is merely a scientific synonym for the old-fashioned word "guess." If Darwin had advanced his views as a guess they would not have survived for a year, but they have floated for half a century, buoyed up by the inflated word "hypothesis." When it is understood that "hypothesis" means "guess," people will inspect it more carefully before accepting it.
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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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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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Principles are eternal.
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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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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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If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
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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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Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.