Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment. — William Mckinley

Whiggery came of age in 1896, and he spoke — H. Wayne Morgan

Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country. — William Mckinley

Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles. — William Mckinley

I am for America because America is for the common people. — 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 liberty to make our laws does not give us the freedom nor the license to break our laws! — William Mckinley

Expositions are the timekeepers of progress. — William Mckinley

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

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

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

Our past has gone into history. — William Mckinley

The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans. — William Mckinley

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

We go to war only to make peace. We never went to war with any other design. We carry the national conscience wherever we go. — 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 American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity’s sake. — William Mckinley

The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. But are we not made better for the effort and scarifice? — 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

The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. — William Mckinley

We cannot always do what is best, but we can do what is practical at the time. — William Mckinley

The free man cannot be long an ignorant man. — 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

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

I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform. — William Mckinley

The American people, intrenched in freedom at home, take their love for it with them wherever they go. — William Mckinley

William McKinley was a man made to be managed. — Barbara W. Tuchman