William Jennings Bryan Quotes

• 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

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Themselves

• One miracle is just as easy to believe as another.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Believe

• 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

  Topics in Humanity

  Tags in Humblest, Citizen

• The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Topics in God

  Tags in Faith

• The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Topics in Experience

  Tags in Develop, Self-Confidence, Successful

• 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.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in People, Will

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Reason, Believe

• 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.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Topics in Country, Humanity

  Tags in Humblest, Citizens

William Jennings Bryan (28)

Birth:	19th March, 1860
Death:	26th July, 1925
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Lawyer, Politician

Related Authors

• Thomas Mellon
• Bainbridge Colby
• J. Christopher Stevens
• Gerry Spence
• Said Musa
• Margaret Fuller
• Betty Shabazz
• Tom Udall
• Paul Tagliabue
• Todd Rokita

Advertisement

Today's Anniversary - 10th April

Births

• 1929 - Max von Sydow
• 1755 - Samuel Hahnemann
• 1954 - Peter MacNicol
• 1979 - Sophie Ellis Bextor
• 1911 - Martin Denny

Deaths

• 1992 - Sam Kinison
• 1975 - Walker Evans
• 1909 - Algernon Charles Swinburne
• 1876 - Alexander Turney Stewart
• 1966 - Evelyn Waugh