Quotes from William Jennings Bryan

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.

Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.

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.

Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.

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.

The Old Testament gave us the law; the New Testament reveals the love upon which the law rests.

If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.

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.

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.

One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

The large banking interests were deeply interested in the World War because of the wide opportunities for large profits.

Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.

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.

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.

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.

Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.

The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.