William Jennings Bryan/war and Peace - 1898%e2%80%931900

Famous quotes containing the words jennings, bryan, war and/or peace:

    “Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.”
    —William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925)

    “I think we will live through his term, Archie, and I’ll tell you something, old man, if they don’t stop hammering me, first Bryan for not enforcing the Anti-Trust Law and Wall Street for enforcing it, they may succeed in electing me to another term whether I want it or not.”
    —William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

    “It is inhuman to continue a war which could easily be ended.”
    —Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)

    “Wherefore do you so ill translate yourself
    Out of the speech of peace that bears such grace,
    Into the harsh and boisterous tongue of war?”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)