Quotes & Sayings About The Scopes Monkey Trial

A century ago, people laughed at the notion that we were descended from monkeys. Today, the individuals most offended by that claim are the monkeys. — Jacob M. Appel

Today the earth speaks with resonance and clearness and every ear in every civilized country of the world is attuned to its wonderful message of the creative evolution of man, except the ear of William Jennings Bryan; he alone remains stone-deaf, he alone by his own resounding voice drowns the eternal speech of nature. — Henry Fairfield Osborn

I furnished the body that was needed to sit in the defendant's chair.
[Explaining his role in the Scopes Monkey Trial.] — John T. Scopes