The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYWe go to war only to make peace. We never went to war with any other design. We carry the national conscience wherever we go.
More William McKinley Quotes
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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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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
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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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Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
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Our faith teaches that there is no safer reliance than upon the God of our fathers who has so singularly favored the American people in every national trial and who will not forsake us so long as we obey His commandments and walk humbly in His footsteps
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Half-heartedness never won a battle.
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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 army of Grant and the army of Lee are together. They are one now in faith, in hope, in fraternity, in purpose, and in an invincible patriotism. And, therefore, the country is in no danger. In justice strong, in peace secure, and in devotion to the flag all one.
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I am for America because America is for the common people.
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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 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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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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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 am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
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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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