The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYWar should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
More William McKinley Quotes
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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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I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
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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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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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Our past has gone into history.
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Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.
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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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Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
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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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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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By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
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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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We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.
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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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