William Jennings Bryan Quotes & Sayings

“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

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

“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.”

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

“Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“No one can earn a million dollars honestly.”