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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.
William Jennings Bryan
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William Jennings Bryan
Age: 65 †
Born: 1860
Born: March 18
Died: 1925
Died: July 26
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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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Our government, conceived in liberty and purchased with blood, can be preserved only by constant vigilance. May we guard it as our children's richest legacy, for what shall it profit our nation if it shall gain the whole world and lose “the spirit that prizes liberty as the heritage of all men in all lands everywhere”?
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All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.
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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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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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No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
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I can not wish you success in your effort to reject the treaty because while it may win the fight it may destroy our cause. My plan cannot fail if the people are with us and we ought not to succeed unless we do have the people with us.
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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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