The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.More William McKinley quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I went down on my knees and prayed to Almighty God for light and guidance and one night late it came to me this way. We could not leave (the Philippines) to themselves-they were unfit for self-government-and they would soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain's was. There was nothing left for us to do but take them all and educate the Filipinos, and uplift and Christianize them.More William McKinley quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

The army of Grant and the army of Lee are together. They are one now in faith, in hope, in fraternity, in purpose, and in an invincible patriotism. And, therefore, the country is in no danger. In justice strong, in peace secure, and in devotion to the flag all one.More William McKinley quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny.More William McKinley quotes [07/27/2011 05:07:36]

Without competition we would be clinging to the clumsy antiquated processes of farming and manufacture and the methods of business of long ago, and the twentieth would be no further advanced than the eighteenth century.More William McKinley quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]