A biography for William McKinleyhasn’t been written yet.
“In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.”
“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.”
“I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president.”
“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.”
“War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.”
“The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.”
“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.”
“I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.”
“Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.”
“Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.”
“We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny.”
“Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.”
“The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.”