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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYThe American people, intrenched in freedom at home, take their love for it with them wherever they go.
More William McKinley Quotes
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We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
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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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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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Half-heartedness never won a battle.
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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 past has gone into history.
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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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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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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
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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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The liberty to make our laws does not give us the freedom nor the license to break our laws!
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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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I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
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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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