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Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
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 chief duty of governments, in so far as they are coercive, is to restrain those who would interfere with the inalienable rights of the individual, among which are the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to the pursuit of happiness and the right to worship God according to the dictates of ones conscience.
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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.
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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 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 it be true, as I believe it is, that morality is dependent upon religion, then religion is not only the most practical thing in the world, but the first essential.
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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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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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Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance.
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Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
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If there is no God there is no hereafter. When, therefore, one drives God out of the universe he closes the door of hope upon himself.
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The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment.
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The speech of one who knows what he is talking about and means what he says-it is thought on fire.
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As long as there are human rights to be defended as long as there are great interests to be guarded as long as the welfare of nations is a matter for discussion, so long will public speaking have its place.
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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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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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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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If matter mute and inanimate, though changed by the forces of Nature into a multitude of forms, can never die, will the spirit of man suffer annihilation when it has paid a brief visit, like a royal guest, to this tenement of clay?
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Evolution is not truth it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
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If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
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