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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.
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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Next to the ministry I know of no more noble profession than the law. The object aimed at is justice, equal and exact, and if it does not reach that end at once it is because the stream is diverted by selfishness or checked by ignorance. Its principles ennoble and its practice elevates.
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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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There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it.
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This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity.
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Atheists have just as much civil right to teach atheism as Christians have to teach Christianity agnostics have just as much right to teach agnosticism as Christians have to teach their religion.
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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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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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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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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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You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
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Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared.
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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
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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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Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.
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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
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We have our thoughts, our hopes, our fears, and yet we know that in a moment a change may come over any one of us that will convert a living, breathing human being into a mass of lifeless clay.
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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 Old Testament gave us the law the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.
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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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If we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
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