I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made President.
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.
More William McKinley Quotes
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By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
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Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
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Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
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Our past has gone into history.
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Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.
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I am for America because America is for the common people.
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We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
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Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
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In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
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Let 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.
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Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law. It is sometimes sneeringly said by those who do not like free government, that here we count heads. True, heads are counted, but brains also.
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The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
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The 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.
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We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.
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