If matter mute and inanimate, though changed by the forces of Nature into a multitude of forms, can never die, will the spirit of man suffer annihilation when it has paid a brief visit, like a royal guest, to this tenement of clay?
William Jennings BryanIf it be true, as I believe it is, that morality is dependent upon religion, then religion is not only the most practical thing in the world, but the first essential.
William Jennings BryanThe great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.
William Jennings BryanThe speech of one who knows what he is talking about and means what he says-it is thought on fire.
William Jennings BryanWars are sometimes waged to extend trade-the blood of many being shed to enrich a few.
William Jennings BryanThe chief duty of governments, in so far as they are coercive, is to restrain those who would interfere with the inalienable rights of the individual, among which are the right to life, the right to liberty, the right to the pursuit of happiness and the right to worship God according to the dictates of ones conscience.
William Jennings Bryan