Half-heartedness never won a battle.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYHalf-heartedness never won a battle.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYThe free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYWithout competition we would be clinging to the clumsy antiquated processes of farming and manufacture and the methods of business of long ago, and the twentieth would be no further advanced than the eighteenth century.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYIlliteracy must be banished from the land if we shall attain that high destiny as the foremost of the enlightened nations of the world which, under Providence, we ought to achieve.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYIn the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYThat’s all a man can hope for during his lifetime – to set an example – and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYBy the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYI have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made President.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYCuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYThe more profoundly we study this wonderful Book, and the more closely we observe its divine precepts, the better citizens we will become and the higher will be our destiny as a nation.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYWe need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYHonesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYStrong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYExpositions are the timekeepers of progress.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYThe Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
WILLIAM MCKINLEYThe liberty to make our laws does not give us the freedom nor the license to break our laws!
WILLIAM MCKINLEY