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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYCuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
More William McKinley Quotes
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In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
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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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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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I am for America because America is for the common people.
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Half-heartedness never won a battle.
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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 free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
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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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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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The Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
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Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
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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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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 American people, intrenched in freedom at home, take their love for it with them wherever they go.
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