Skip to content

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.

— William McKinley

Another quote →

More quotes by 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 earth.

The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.

Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.

All William McKinley quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: William McKinley (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.