William Mckinley Quotes

10 quotes from 10 authors

President William McKinley’s short, tragic end still echoes in modern politics, and these ten snippets pull threads from his life and the era that followed. One quote hints at the early‑1900s muckrakers, another touches on presidential assassinations. For a broader view, you might browse U.S. presidents, progressive‑era history, or political assassination studies.

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William McKinley has left us a priceless gift in the example of a useful and pure life, in his fidelity to public…

Grover Cleveland

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William McKinley has surely been underrated - in no small part because he was succeeded by a memorable leader, Theodore Roosevelt.

James M Strock

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A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the…

Russell Baker

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William McKinley Oswald was my high school football coach. He was a great coach and had a profound influence on my life.…

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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I found myself thinking about President William McKinley, the third American president to be assassinated. He lived for several days after he…

John Green

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Let me be the first to admit that the naked truth about me is to the naked truth about Salvador Dali as…

James Thurber

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To say this sacred prayer [the Kaddish, prayer for the dead] for a Gentile is a most uncommon proceeding, but so unanimous…

Abraham Cahan

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“Thus, in the early 1900s, a new generation of crusading journalists known as “muckrakers” campaigned to expose the social ills and abuses…

Charles River Editors

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“Around this time he performed a ceremony that he had contemplated for some time. He asked Fred to compose a letter requesting…

Ron Chernow

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“MARK TWAIN Some months after invading Iraq, President George W. Bush said he had taken the war to liberate the Philippines as…

Eduardo Galeano

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