William McKinley

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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. They are inconvenient. They cost us something. But are we not made better for the effort and sacrifice, and are not those we serve lifted up and blessed?

William McKinley

Second Inaugural Address of William McKinley

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Progress Overcoming obstacles

Speaker

William McKinley

Source

Second Inaugural Address of William McKinley Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1901 1900s 20th century

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Citation

McKinley, William. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1901, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Lynchings must not be tolerated in a great and civilized country like the United States; courts, not mobs, must execute the penalties of the law.

William McKinley

First Inaugural Address of William McKinley

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Lynching Jim Crow Rule of law

Speaker

William McKinley

Source

First Inaugural Address of William McKinley Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

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Political speech

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Citation

McKinley, William. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1897, Front of original Senate Wing, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Our faith teaches that there is no safer reliance than upon the God of our fathers, who has so singularly favored the American people in every national trial, and who will not forsake us so long as we obey His commandments and walk humbly in His footsteps.

William McKinley

First Inaugural Address of William McKinley

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God and America

Speaker

William McKinley

Source

First Inaugural Address of William McKinley Presidential inaugural address

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

McKinley, William. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1897, Front of original Senate Wing, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We have cherished the policy of non-interference with affairs of foreign governments wisely inaugurated by Washington, keeping ourselves free from entanglement, either as allies or foes, content to leave undisturbed with them the settlement of their own domestic concerns.

William McKinley

First Inaugural Address of William McKinley

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Non-intervention Isolationism American foreign policy

Speaker

William McKinley

Source

First Inaugural Address of William McKinley Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Citation

McKinley, William. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1897, Front of original Senate Wing, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.