Quote #18

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

More from William McKinley

  1. Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law.
  2. We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny.
  3. 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.
  4. Without competition we would be clinging to the clumsy antiquated processes of farming and manufacture and the methods of business of long …
  5. Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
  6. 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…
  7. 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…
  8. 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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