Illiteracy 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 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 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 MCKINLEYStrong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYThe American people, intrenched in freedom at home, take their love for it with them wherever they go.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYExpositions are the timekeepers of progress.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYWe go to war only to make peace. We never went to war with any other design. We carry the national conscience wherever we go.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYHonesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
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 MCKINLEYThe people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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 MCKINLEYWe cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYThe free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYOur differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYOur past has gone into history.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYCuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYLet us ever remember that our interest is in concord, not in conflict; and that our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those of war.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY