William Jennings Bryan Quotes

The time has come to recognize that the U.S. will continue to exercise unprecedented power in a world where international rules are still unreliable and where security and advancing of the free democratic order still depend significantly on the possession and use of military might.

We must never allow America to become the second strongest nation I the world.

The United States is a nation different from all others. We are now powerful if we choose to exert our strength.

American values don't begin and end with destroyers and aircraft carriers.

America wants its respect.

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

American troops around the globe are the greatest preservers of liberty and peace in the world.

The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

The more I see, hear, and think in Europe, the more I wish for every measure that can ensure to the United States dignity, power, and public confidence.

Ukraine must once again be revered and respected by its citizens as well as the East and the West.

A nation must be strong in spirit, knowledge, science and morals. Military strength comes last…Today it is not enough to have arms in hand in order to take one’s place in the world.

We cannot avoid facing the fact that we occupied a new place among the people of the world… Our flag is a proud flag, and it stands for liberty and civilization. Where it has once floated, there must be no return to tyranny.

Daily, at this time, we shall speak to you about America and the war. The news may be good or bad. We shall tell you the truth.

I don’t like to see our flag torn down and trampled upon anywhere in the world and I think most Americans agree with me on that. I don’t like to see American citizens pushed around and there’s no good reason for letting it happen

[Czechoslovakia is] ... the godchild of the great and glorious Republic of the United States.

The government should not present the anomaly which it now presents—a government the freest, perhaps the most democratic in the world with reference to local and domestic matters in which you rule yourselves as fully as any people in the world, while in your foreign affairs, your relations with other countries, whether peaceful or warlike, commercial, financial, or otherwise, you may have no more voice than the people of Japan.

It's your flag and my flag.

Never should the word peace fall from the mouths of our highest officials.... With such a country as ours, with her vast areas ... her immense natural resources, and her hundreds of millions of inhabitants, if all would prove their loyalty to their emperor and love of their country, what indeed is there to fear from any strong invader? Let us not think of making peace, nor rely solely upon diplomatic maneuvers.

Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I've met with, and I've met them all: It's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.

The purpose of our common defense, after all, is to protect our people so that we can enjoy the blessings of peace, faith, freedom, family, prosperity.

...Fatherland without freedom and merit is a large word with little meaning.

Let me say this on a personal note. Without the United States of America, I would in all probably not be able to stand here before you today.

Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China.

Free nations with different histories, economies and a vast amount of stubborn pride will never achieve complete agreement, even when they desire the same objectives.