William Jennings Bryan

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William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 1896, 1900 and 1908, a lawyer, and the 41st United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson. One of the most popular speakers in American history, he was noted for a deep, commanding voice. Bryan was a devout Presbyterian, a supporter of popular democracy, a critic of banks and railroads, a leader of the silverite movement in the 1890s <a href="https:/

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Quotes

• “Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.”
• “A man who murders another shortens by a few brief years the life of a human being; but he who votes to increase the burden of debts upon the people of the United States assumes a graver responsibility.”
• “The poor man who takes property by force is called a thief, but the creditor who can by legislation make a debtor pay a dollar twice as large as he borrowed is lauded as the friend of a sound currency. The man who wants the people to destroy the Government is an anarchist, but the man who wants the Government to destroy the people is a patriot.”
• “Next to the ministry I know of no more noble profession than the law. The object aimed at is justice, equal and exact, and if it does not reach that end at once it is because the stream is diverted by selfishness or checked by ignorance. Its principles ennoble and its practice elevates.”
• “You cannot judge a man's life by the success of a moment, by the victory of an hour, or even by the results of a year. You must view his life as a whole. You must stand where you can see the man as he treads the entire path that leads from the cradle to the grave — now crossing the plain, now climbing the steeps, now passing through pleasant fields, now wending his way with difficulty between rugged rocks — tempted, tried, tested, triumphant.”
• “Destiny is not a 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.”

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Key facts

President

Woodrow Wilson

Preceded by

Philander C. Knox

Succeeded by

Robert Lansing

Born

( 1860-03-19 ) March 19, 1860, Salem, Illinois , U.S.

Died

July 26, 1925 (1925-07-26) (aged 65), Dayton, Tennessee , U.S.

Resting place

Arlington National Cemetery

Party

Democratic

Other political affiliations

Populist

Spouse

Mary Baird Bryan ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1884 ) ​

Children

Ruth William Jr. Grace

Parent

Silas Bryan (father)

Relatives

Charles Bryan (brother) William Sherman Jennings (cousin)

Education

Illinois College ( BA ) Union College of Law ( LLB )

Branch service

United States Army

Rank

Colonel

Unit

3rd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry

Battles wars

Spanish–American War

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