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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYI am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
More William McKinley Quotes
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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 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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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 American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.
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We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
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I am for America because America is for the common people.
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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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I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the signal of distress. Cheap merchandise means cheap men and cheap men mean a cheap country.
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The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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The Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
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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 faith teaches that there is no safer reliance than upon the God of our fathers who has so singularly favored the American people in every national trial and who will not forsake us so long as we obey His commandments and walk humbly in His footsteps
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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 am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY