Author: William McKinley

Quotes

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.

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.

- William McKinley

We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny.

We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny.

- William McKinley

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

- William McKinley

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.

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

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

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

- William McKinley

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