We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYIn the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
More William McKinley Quotes
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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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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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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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In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
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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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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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The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.
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I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
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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 mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
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The most popular systems are those that apply a disciplined systematic technique, .. The hardest part for investors is finding a system that fits their lifestyle, and that is a critically important component.
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Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
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Our past has gone into history.
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The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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