The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. But are we not made better for the effort and sacrifice?
WILLIAM MCKINLEYWar should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
More William McKinley Quotes
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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 mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
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The Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
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I am for America because America is for the common people.
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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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Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
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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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I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
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The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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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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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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Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
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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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By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
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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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