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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. "
William Jennings Bryan
Reason
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" Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it opens the mind to the wildest guesses advanced in the name of science. "
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" This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. I come to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty - the cause of humanity. "
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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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" If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another? "
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" The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment. "
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" Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose flag is loved while other flags are only feared. "
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" If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education. "
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" Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard. "
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" No one can earn a million dollars honestly. "
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" All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution. "
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" If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it. "
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" 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. "
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" Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others. "
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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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Future
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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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" I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together. "
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May
" None so little enjoy themselves, and are such burdens to themselves, as those who have nothing to do. Only the active have the true relish of life. "
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Enjoy
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" 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. "
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" My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me. "
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Will
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" There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their attention is drawn to it. "
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Discussion
People
" One miracle is just as easy to believe as another. "
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