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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYOur 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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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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The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.
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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 best way for the Government to maintain its credit is to pay as it goes-not by resorting to loans, but by keeping out of debt-through an adequate income secured by a system of taxation, external or internal, or both.
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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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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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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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The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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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 liberty to make our laws does not give us the freedom nor the license to break our laws!
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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 Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
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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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The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
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Our past has gone into history.
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