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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYCuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
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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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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 Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
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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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We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
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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 free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
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In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
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The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
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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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Half-heartedness never won a battle.
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I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
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Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
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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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Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.
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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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The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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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 liberty to make our laws does not give us the freedom nor the license to break our laws!
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We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.
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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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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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Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
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Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
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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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