Name/Title
McKinley Quotes DocumentEntry/Object ID
2016.2.106Description
This item is a sepia toned document framed under glass measuring 11" x 14". A photograph of McKinley takes up the of the majority of the document. Below his portrait is his signature and below that in two lines of text reads "President of the United States, 1897-1901, THOUGHTS FROM WILLIAM McKINLEY." Seven quotes made by the President during his Presidency are listed at the bottom of the document. They read as follows:
"I, too, have an abiding faith in the ultimated justice of the people. Injustice and wrong can not long triumph in popular government." (Philadelphia, December 22, 1890)
"There is no other country in the world where individual enterprise has such wide and varied range and where the inventive genius of man has such encouragement." (August 2, 1892)
"Goodbye, all; goodbye. It is God's way. His will be done." ("Illustrious Life of William McKinley" by Halstead, page 48)
"We are a Nation of working people. We glory in the fact that in the dignity and elevation of labor we find our greatest distinction among the nations of the earth." (July 4, 1895)
"We want no War of Conquest. We must avoid the temptation of Territorial Acquisition; War should not be entered upon until every agency for peace has failed." (McKinley First Message to Congress before the Spanish American War, 1898)
"If I were called upon to say what, in my opinion, constitutes the strength, security and integrity of our Government, I would say the American home." (September 1, 1891)
"Let us 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." ("Illustrious Life of William McKinley" by Halstead, page 152. McKiney's farewell address, Buffalo, N.CY. 1901)Collection
BlaneyAcquisition
Accession
2016.2.0Source or Donor
Eileen B. BlaneyAcquisition Method
Gift