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William Jennings Bryan
Age: 65 †
Born: 1860
Born: March 18
Died: 1925
Died: July 26
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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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A man who murders another shortens by a few brief years the life of a human being but he who votes to increase the burden of debts upon the people of the United States assumes a graver responsibility.
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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 speech of one who knows what he is talking about and means what he says-it is thought on fire.
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One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.
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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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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.
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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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The wisdom of the Bible writers is more than human the prophecies proclaim a Supreme Ruler who, though inhabiting all space, deigns to speak through the hearts and minds and tongues of His children.
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The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
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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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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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Evolution is not truth it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.
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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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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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Facts mean nothing unless they are rightly understood, rightly related and rightly interpreted.
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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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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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An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.
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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
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