William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryanwas an American orator and politician from Nebraska, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's nominee for President of the United States. He served two terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska and was United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson. He resigned because of his pacifist position on World War I. Bryan was a devout Presbyterian, a strong...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionLawyer
Date of Birth19 March 1860
CountryUnited States of America
The greatest things ever done on Earth have been done little by little.
If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.
Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed.
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.
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
The Bible holds up before us ideals that are within sight of the weakest and the lowliest, and yet so high that the best and the noblest are kept with their faces turned ever upward. It carries the call of the Saviour to the remotest corners of the earth; on its pages are written the assurances of the present and our hopes for the future
If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.
The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.
If the Bible and the microscope do not agee, the microscope is wrong
You came to tell us that the great cities are in favour of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile plains. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic. But destroy out farms and the grass will grow in the city...You shall not press down upon the brow of labour this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
In our election manifesto is: we keep the right to create money and to bring in circulation, for the cause of the government ... Those who do not share this view, reply us to the issue of paper money is for the banks, the government should stay out of the banking business. I agree with Jefferson's opinion ... and just like him I say again: the issue of money is a matter for the government and the banks should stay out of government activity.
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.