Quote #15

Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.

More from William McKinley

  1. 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 thos…
  2. 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.
  3. Illiteracy must be banished from the land if we shall attain that high destiny as the foremost of the enlightened nations of the world whic…
  4. Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law.
  5. I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made President.
  6. War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
  7. When the history of his time is written he will stand forth as the great figure in the years which have been so crowded with events. He gai…
  8. We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.

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