My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.

Quote by William Jennings Bryan

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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 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...

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.

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...

I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.

I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach...

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach...

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...

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...

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...

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man

No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man

A religion without a goddess is halfway to atheism

A religion without a goddess is halfway to atheism

Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man

Atheism is rather in the life than in the heart of man

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a...

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a...

A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has...

A soul you say? Give my pocketwatch to a savage and he'll think it has...

There are all kinds of ways for a relationship to be tested, even broken, some,...

There are all kinds of ways for a relationship to be tested, even broken, some,...

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off...

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off...

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too...

Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too...

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world

Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world