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> [I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the signal of distress. Cheap merchandise means cheap men and cheap men mean a cheap country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/i-do-not-prize-the-word-cheap-it-is-not-a-word-of-inspiration-it-is/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

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## Other authors on Badges

## More by William McKinley

> [Without competition we would be clinging to the clumsy antiquated processes of farming and manufacture and the methods of business of long ago, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/without-competition-we-would-be-clinging-to-the-clumsy-antiquated/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [Finally it should be the earnest wish and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect, and affection of the inhabitants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/finally-it-should-be-the-earnest-wish-and-paramount-aim-of-the/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [“We cannot always do what is best, but we can do what is practical at the time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/we-cannot-always-do-what-is-best-but-we-can-do-what-is-practical-at/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [I do not prize the word cheap. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the signal of distress.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/i-do-not-prize-the-word-cheap-it-is-not-a-word-of-inspiration-it-is/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made President.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/i-have-never-been-in-doubt-since-i-was-old-enough-to-think/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [The people of this country want an industrial policy that is for America and Americans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/the-people-of-this-country-want-an-industrial-policy-that-is-for/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [I went down on my knees and prayed to Almighty God for light and guidance and one night late it came to me this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/i-went-down-on-my-knees-and-prayed-to-almighty-god-for-light-and/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [Half-heartedness never won a battle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/half-heartedness-never-won-a-battle/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/illiteracy-must-be-banished-from-the-land-if-we-shall-attain-that/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [Our past has gone into history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/our-past-has-gone-into-history/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/the-free-man-cannot-be-long-an-ignorant-man/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/we-cannot-gamble-with-anything-so-sacred-as-money/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/expositions-are-the-timekeepers-of-progress/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/in-the-time-of-darkest-defeat-victory-may-be-nearest/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

> [The more profoundly we study this wonderful Book, and the more closely we observe its divine precepts, the better citizens we will become and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/the-more-profoundly-we-study-this-wonderful-book-and-the-more-closely/)

[William McKinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-mckinley/)

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