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The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.

William McKinley

Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

Capacity Enjoyment Honesty Industry Public
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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

Brain Count Freedom Government Head Nation People Rule Supreme Willing
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
By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

Blessing Death Faith Heaven Live Mom Myself
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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

Citizenship Close Destiny Nation Observation Ourselves Wonderful
Our past has gone into history.
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History One Liner Past
Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

Country Fortunate Hands Heart Strong
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 MCKINLEY

Conscience Design National Peace War
Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

Freedom Government Independent People
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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

Cheap Country Inspirational Man Signal Word
In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
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Darkness Hope Inspirational Near Time Victory
I am for America because America is for the common people.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

Common Myself People
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
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

Earth God Gracious People Power Prayer Prosperity
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 MCKINLEY

Example History Hope Inspirational Life Man Time
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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

Achievement Destiny High Land Literacy Providence
Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY

Progress Time

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