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
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Principles are eternal...
Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.
You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.
Destiny is no 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.
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 we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.
Greed is at the bottom of most of the wrong-doing with which government has to deal.
The Bible differs from all other books in that it never wears out. Other books are read and laid aside, but the Bible is a constant companion. No matter how often we read it or how familiar we become with it, some new truth is likely to spring out at us from its pages whenever we open it, or some old truth will impress us as it never did before. Every Christian can give illustrations of this.
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.
If evolution wins, Christianity goes!
The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.
Service is the measure of greatness; it always has been true; it is true today, and it always will be true, that he is greatest who does the most of good. Nearly all of our controversies and combats grow out of the fact that we are trying to get something from each other--there will be peace when our aim is to do something for each other. The human measure of a human life is its income; the divine measure of a life is its outgo, its overflow--its contribution to the welfare of all.
Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.