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I am for America because America is for the common people.

William McKinley

We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

Deal Destiny Goodness Manifestation
Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
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Country Fortunate Hands Heart Strong
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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Brain Count Freedom Government Head Nation People Rule Supreme Willing
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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Example History Hope Inspirational Life Man Time
Half-heartedness never won a battle.
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Battle One Liner Win
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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Citizenship Close Destiny Nation Observation Ourselves Wonderful
The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
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Freedom Ignorance Man
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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Cheap Country Inspirational Man Signal Word
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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Earth God Gracious People Power Prayer Prosperity
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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Best Government Internal Loan Security Tax Way
Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
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Agreement Difference Policy Principle
In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
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Darkness Hope Inspirational Near Time Victory
By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
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Blessing Death Faith Heaven Live Mom Myself
The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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Country People Policy
I am for America because America is for the common people.
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Common Myself People
War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
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Agent Failure Peace War
The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.
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Flag Humanity Plant Sake Territory
The liberty to make our laws does not give us the freedom nor the license to break our laws!
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Break Freedom Law Liberty Ourselves
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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Army Country Dangerous Peace Purpose Security Togetherness
Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
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Capacity Enjoyment Honesty Industry Public
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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Command Faith Father God Himself Humble Teaching Walk
Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.
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Progress Time
I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
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Man Platform Stand
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?
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Effort Hard Work Ourselves Path Progress Sacrifice
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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Conscience Design National Peace War
The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
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Act Mission Oneself
Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
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Freedom Government Independent People

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