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.

Quote by William Jennings Bryan

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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of...

Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of...

If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a...

The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a...

There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not...

There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not...

Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it...

Evolution seems to close the heart to some of the plainest spiritual truths while it...

If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education

If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution

The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit...

The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.

Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and...

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and...

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not...

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not...

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than...

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than...

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the...

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the...

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.

One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.

The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous...

The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous...

If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged...

If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged...

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.