War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYThe mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
More William McKinley Quotes
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The Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
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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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We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.
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The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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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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The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
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Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
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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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Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
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I am for America because America is for the common people.
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I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
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Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.
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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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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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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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