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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYOur past has gone into history.
More William McKinley Quotes
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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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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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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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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 American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.
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The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
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Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
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Half-heartedness never won a battle.
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Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.
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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 liberty to make our laws does not give us the freedom nor the license to break our laws!
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The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
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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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