Quotes from 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
We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
- William McKinley
By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
- William McKinley
War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
- William McKinley
The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
- William McKinley
Honesty, capacity, and industry are nowhere more indispensable than in public employment.
- William McKinley
Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity, happiness, and peace to all our neighbors, and like blessings to all the peoples and powers of the earth
- William McKinley
There was nothing left for us to do but to take them all, and to educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them, and by God's grace do the very best we could for them, as our fellowmen for whom Christ also died.
- William McKinley
Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.
- 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 mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.
- William McKinley
The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.
- William McKinley