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
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.
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.
Agnosticism is the natural attitude of the evolutionist. How can a brute mind comprehend spiritual things?
No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.
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.
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.
All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.
Nation after nation, when at the zenith of its power, has proclaimed itself invincible because its army could shake the earth with its tread and its ships could fill the seas, but these nations are dead, and we must build upon a different foundation if we would avoid their fate.
The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one's country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.
Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.
A corporation has no rights except those given it by law. It can exercise no power except that conferred upon it by the people through legislation, and the people should be as free to withhold as to give, public interest and not private advantage being the end in view.
Wars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.