The free man cannot be long an ignorant man.

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Expositions are the timekeepers of progress.

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I am a tariff man, standing on a tariff platform.

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In the time of darkest defeat, victory may be nearest.

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Our differences are policies; our agreements, principles.

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The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.

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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

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We need Hawaii just as much and a good deal more than we did California. It is Manifest Destiny.

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Cuba ought to be free and independent, and the government should be turned over to the Cuban people.

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I have never been in doubt since I was old enough to think intelligently that I would someday be made president.

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