I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made President.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYHalf-heartedness never won a battle.
More William McKinley Quotes
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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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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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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
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Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
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I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
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The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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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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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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We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
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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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Half-heartedness never won a battle.
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Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
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The Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
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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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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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