Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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William McKinley Quotes Click here for William McKinley books William McKinley (The American Presidents) "The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation." "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 earth." "I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made President." "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." "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." "Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles." "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." "Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law." "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." "We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is manifest destiny." |
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