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William Jennings Bryan Quotes


An American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States (1896, 1900 and 1908). He served in the United States Congress briefly as a Representative from Nebraska and was the 41st United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1916. Bryan was a devout Presbyterian, a supporter of popular democracy, an enemy of GOLD, banks and railroads, a leader of the silverite movement in the 1890s, a peace advocate, a prohibitionist, and an opponent of Darwinism on religious grounds.

Here are some famous quotes by William Jennings Bryan.

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

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On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

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The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.

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

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Scientists make a guess and call it a hypothesis. 'Guess' is too short a word for a professor.

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

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You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns - you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!

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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.

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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.

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The humblest citizen of all the land; when clad in the armour of a righteous cause; is stronger than all the hosts of Error.

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

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I believe one of the reasons so many do not get a higher education is the fear of their parents that they will lose more morally than they will receive mentally.

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There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.

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A University of Chicago professor said the greatest day in the world was when a water puppy crawled out on land and decided to stay. The water puppy he said went on to become a man. If he proves that I am willing to give up Christmas Thanksgiving and New Year's Day and to celebrate Water Puppy Day.