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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.

  William McKinley

  Thinking, Doubt, President

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.

  William McKinley

  Mother, Mean, Blessing

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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.

  William McKinley

  Country, Strong, Army

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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.

  William McKinley

  Peace, Real, War

  William McKinley (2012). “A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents”, p.549, tredition

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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.

  William McKinley

  Destiny, Land, World

  William McKinley (2012). “A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents”, p.19, tredition

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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

  William McKinley

  Prayer, Blessing, Earth

  William McKinley (2012). “A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents”, p.550, tredition

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• Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.

  William McKinley

  Progress

  Harry Joseph Sievers, William McKinley (1970). “William McKinley, 1843-1901: Chronology, Documents, Bibliographical Aids”, Oceana Publications

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• What in the world had Grover Cleveland done? Will you tell me? You give it up? I have been looking for six weeks for a Democrat who could tell me what Cleveland has done for the good of his country and for the benefit of the people, but I have not found him.... He says himself...that two-thirds of his time has been uselessly spent with Democrats who want office.... Now he has been so occupied in that way that he has not done anything else.

  William McKinley

  Country, Two, Office

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• Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.

  William McKinley

  Honesty, Employment, Capacity

  William McKinley (2012). “A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents”, p.290, tredition

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• Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.

  William McKinley

  Independent, Government, People

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Without competition we would be clinging to the clumsy antiquated processes of farming and manufacture and the methods of business of long ago, and the twentieth would be no further advanced than the eighteenth century.

  William McKinley

  Long Ago, Competition, Would Be

  William McKinley (2012). “A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents”, p.543, tredition

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• Our past has gone into history.

  William McKinley

  Past, Gone, Our Past

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• The Working Man's Creed: "A short day is better than a short dollar"
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  William McKinley

  Men, Dollars, Creeds

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• The most popular systems are those that apply a disciplined systematic technique, .. The hardest part for investors is finding a system that fits their lifestyle, and that is a critically important component.

  William McKinley

  Discipline, Important, Technique

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• I have already transmitted to Congress the report of the naval court of inquiry on the destruction of the battleship Maine in the harbor of Havana during the night of the fifteenth of February. The destruction of that noble vessel has filled the national heart with inexpressible horror. Two hundred and fifty-eight brave sailors and marines and two officers of our Navy, reposing in the fancied security of a friendly harbor, have been hurled to death, grief and want brought to their homes and sorrow to the nation.

  William McKinley

  Grief, Home, Heart

  Harry Joseph Sievers, William McKinley (1970). “William McKinley, 1843-1901: Chronology, Documents, Bibliographical Aids”, Oceana Publications

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