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 MCKINLEYThe mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
More William McKinley Quotes
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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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Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
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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 people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.
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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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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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We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
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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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We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.
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The Working Man’s Creed: “A short day is better than a short dollar” .
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Our past has gone into history.
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I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.
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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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I am for America because America is for the common people.
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