William McKinley Quotes

"I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president."
- William McKinley
(Related: Doubt, Old, President)

"Expositions are the timekeepers of progress."
- William McKinley
(Related: Progress)

"Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people."
- William McKinley
(Related: Government, People)

"I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform."
- William McKinley
(Related: Man)

"We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny."
- William McKinley
(Related: Destiny)

"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
(Related: War, Peace, Conflict, Interest)

"Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles."
- William McKinley
(Related: 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."
- William McKinley
(Related: History, Inspiration, Hope, Example, Man)

"In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest."
- William McKinley
(Related: Time, Victory, Defeat, May)

"The free man cannot be long an ignorant man."
- William McKinley
(Related: Man)

"War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed."
- William McKinley
(Related: Peace, War)