Quotes from William McKinley
The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
— William McKinley
The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
— William McKinley
War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
— William McKinley
We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
— William McKinley
The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
— 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.
— William McKinley
By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
— William McKinley
I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president.
— William McKinley
The more profoundly we study this wonderful book [the Bible], and the more closely we observe its divine precept, the better citizens we will become and the higher will be our destiny as a nation.
— William McKinley
The more profoundly we study this wonderful book [the Bible], and the more closely we observe its divine precept, the better citizens we will become and the higher will be our destiny as a nation.
— William McKinley
I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the signal of distress. Cheap merchandise means cheap men and cheap men mean a cheap country.
— William McKinley
In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.
— William McKinley