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> [The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. But are we not made better for the effort and scarifice?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-mckinley/the-path-of-progress-is-seldom-smooth-new-things-are-often-found-hard/)

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

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## 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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