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 MCKINLEYWe cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
More William McKinley Quotes
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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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In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
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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 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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The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
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Our past has gone into history.
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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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The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.
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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
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I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
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Half-heartedness never won a battle.
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The Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
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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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Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
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Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.
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