William McKinley Quotes

The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind.

God has given you your country as cradle, and humanity as mother; you cannot rightly love your brethren of the cradle if you love not the common mother.

Saving a life overrides territories.

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind.

I don’t like to see our flag torn down and trampled upon anywhere in the world and I think most Americans agree with me on that. I don’t like to see American citizens pushed around and there’s no good reason for letting it happen

I despise any flag, not just the American flag. It's a symbol of a piece of land that's considered more important than the human lives on it.

The American flag must not be fired upon …. There is considerable American capital invested in Santo Domingo.

The land was ours before we belonged to the land.

We too love the fatherland, maybe more than those who have spread the rumors about us. But above the love to the fatherland, we put the love for the whole mankind. But is it not more noble and more beautiful to love the whole world than to restrict the love to only a small piece

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

The interesting and inspiring thing about America is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself.

I advance in life, I grow more simple, and I become more and more patriotic for humanity.

The cultivation of compassion is no longer a luxury, but a necessity, if our species is to survive.

Bernie Sanders is all about being humane and loving to each other.

Together, we will have one great American future. Our potential is unlimited. We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag.

All my work, all my efforts, all my prayers and tears are for humanity, and the spread of peace and love among mankind.

That's when I feel most alive, he told me once on an airplane, when I'm helping people.

If by religion we mean a belief in humanity rather than the gods, an effort to make man better and a little happier, then yes, I'm very religious.

... it is better to study how to live rather than how to die; ... it is better to have a religion of deeds rather than a religion of creeds; ... it is better to work for humanity than for God.

Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.

What one thing does the world need most today-apart, that is, from the all-inclusive thing we call righteousness? Aren't you inclined to agree that what this old world needs is just the art of being kind? Every time I visit a factory or any other large business concern, I find myself trying to diagnose whether the atmosphere is one of kindliness or the reverse. And somehow, if there is palpably lacking that spirit of kindness, the owners ... have fallen short of achieving 24-carat success no matter how imposing the financial balance sheet may be.

Western civilisation came to this country in 1788 and I'm proud of that...

The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.

We all salute, with pride, the same American Flag. And we are equal - totally equal - in the eyes of Almighty God.