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The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire…
Quote byWilliam McKinley · 1843–1901
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Quoted from July 12, 1900, on 1900 US campaign poster, of McKinley and his choice for second term Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt..
English (original)
The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.
— William McKinley
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Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.
Illiteracy must be banished from the land if we shall attain that high destiny as the foremost of the enlightened nations of the world which, under Providence, we ought to achieve.
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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.
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