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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYBy the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
More William McKinley Quotes
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Our past has gone into history.
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We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
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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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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
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The Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
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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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The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
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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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I am for America because America is for the common people.
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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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Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
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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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By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
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