Unlike any other nation, here ...

Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law. It is sometimes sneeringly said by those who do not like free government, that here we count heads. True, heads are counted, but brains also . . .
 William McKinley

Quotes from the same author

By the blessings of heaven I mean to live and die, please God, in the faith of my mother.
 William McKinley
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
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.
 William McKinley
The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.
 William McKinley
The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.
 William McKinley