Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYThe American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.
More William McKinley Quotes
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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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The liberty to make our laws does not give us the freedom nor the license to break our laws!
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We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
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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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By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
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I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made President.
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The American people, intrenched in freedom at home, take their love for it with them wherever they go.
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Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
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I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
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In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
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We go to war only to make peace. We never went to war with any other design. We carry the national conscience wherever we go.
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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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That’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.
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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
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The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
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The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
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The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.
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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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The army of Grant and the army of Lee are together. They are one now in faith, in hope, in fraternity, in purpose, and in an invincible patriotism. And, therefore, the country is in no danger. In justice strong, in peace secure, and in devotion to the flag all one.
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Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
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Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity, happiness, and peace to all our neighbors, and like blessings to all the peoples and powers of the earth
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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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The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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Half-heartedness never won a battle.
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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.
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