“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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If we have to give up either religion or education, we should give up education.
William Jennings Bryan 
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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.
William Jennings Bryan
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The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.
William Jennings Bryan
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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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If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it.
William Jennings Bryan
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