“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.”
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We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny.
William McKinley 
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Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
William McKinley
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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
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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
William McKinley
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