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.
WILLIAM MCKINLEYThe people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
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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The best way for the Government to maintain its credit is to pay as it goes-not by resorting to loans, but by keeping out of debt-through an adequate income secured by a system of taxation, external or internal, or both.
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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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Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.
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Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity, happiness, and peace to all our neighbors, and like blessings to all the peoples and powers of the earth
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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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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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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
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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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I am for America because America is for the common people.
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The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
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The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
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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 American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake.
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