In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYOur 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
More William McKinley Quotes
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The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
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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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Without 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.
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Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.
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The Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
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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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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 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 American people, intrenched in freedom at home, take their love for it with them wherever they go.
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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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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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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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Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
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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 liberty to make our laws does not give us the freedom nor the license to break our laws!
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