William Jennings Bryan Quotes

The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.

No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.

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.

An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.

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

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?

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.

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.

We can exterminate Ku Kluxism better by recognizing their honesty and teaching them that they are wrong.

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

That is the one thing in my public career that I regret--my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.

Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.

A belief in God is fundamental; upon it rest the influences that control life.

Christ has made of death a narrow starlit strip between the companionships of yesterday and the reunions of tomorrow.

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.

When I find a man who is not willing to pay his share of the burden of the government which protects him, I find a man who is unworthy to enjoy the blessings of a government like ours.

The people of Nebraska are for free silver and I am for free silver. I will look up the arguments later.

Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.

If it weren't for the lawyers we wouldn't need them.

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.

When we advocate a thing which we believe will be successful we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity by trying to show what we will do if we are wrong.

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

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

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.