William Jennings Bryan Quotes About Mankind

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  • You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

    Speech at Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Ill., 8 July 1896. In an earlier speech in the House of Representatives, 22 Dec. 1894, Bryan had said: "I shall not help crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. I shall not aid in pressing down upon the bleeding brow of labor this crown of thorns."
  • God may be a matter of indifference to the evolutionists, and a life beyond may have no charm for them, but the mass of mankind will continue to worship their creator and continue to find comfort in the promise of their Savior that he has gone to prepare a place for them.

    William Jennings Bryan (1924). “William Jennings Bryan on Orthodoxy, Modernism, and Evolution”, Facsimiles-Garl
  • You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

    Speech at Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Ill., 8 July 1896. In an earlier speech in the House of Representatives, 22 Dec. 1894, Bryan had said: "I shall not help crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. I shall not aid in pressing down upon the bleeding brow of labor this crown of thorns."
  • You came to tell us that the great cities are in favour of the gold standard; we reply that the great cities rest upon our broad and fertile plains. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic. But destroy out farms and the grass will grow in the city...You shall not press down upon the brow of labour this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.

    Speech at the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1896, in 'The First Battle. A Story of the Campaign of 1896' (1896) vol. 1, ch. 10
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William Jennings Bryan

  • Born: March 19, 1860
  • Died: July 26, 1925
  • Occupation: Former United States Secretary of State