I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYThe Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
More William McKinley Quotes
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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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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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Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
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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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Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
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The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
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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 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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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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Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.
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We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
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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 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.
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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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