Whenever one refuses to admit such a self-evident truth, for instance, as that it is wrong to steal, … - William Jennings Bryan

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Public opinion, - a tyrant, sitting in the dark, wrapt up in mystification and vague terrors of obscurity; deriving power no one knows from whom. . . - but irresistible in its power to quell thought, to repress action, to silence conviction.

William Jennings Bryan

Whenever one refuses to admit such a self-evident truth, for instance, as that it is wrong to steal, don't argue with him-search him; the reason may be found in his pocket.

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