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Quotes from current and former U.S. state governors.
Current governors
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KY-D
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OH-R
AK-R
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MT-R
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NY-D
IN-R
AR-R
WA-D
AL-R
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CT-D
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MO-R
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CO-D
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RI-D
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VA-RFormer governors
Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby declare, proclaim, and make known that the following described lots or plats of land be and the same are hereby…
I do therefore invite all my fellow-citizens, as well those who may be at sea or sojourning in foreign lands as those at home, to set apart and observe Thursday, the 24th day of November, as a day of national thanksgiving, to come together…
Few years in our history have afforded such cause for thanksgiving as this.
The skies have been for a time darkened by the cloud of war, but as we were compelled to take up the sword in the cause of humanity we are permitted to rejoice that the conflict has been of brief duration and the losses we have had to…
We have been blessed by abundant harvests; our trade and commerce have wonderfully increased; our public credit has been improved and strengthened; all sections of our common country have been brought together and knitted into closer bonds…
We may laud and magnify His holy name that the cessation of hostilities came so soon as to spare both sides the countless sorrows and disasters that attend protracted war.
We never enter upon a war until every effort for peace without it has been exhausted.
In an age of expositions they have added yet another magnificent example.
Who will dim the splendor of their achievements!
No deliberation can be too mature, or self-control too constant, in this solemn hour of our history.
We have avoided the temptations of conquest in the spirit of gain.
One of the great laws of life is progress.
Peace, with whose blessings we have been so singularly favored, is the national desire and the goal of every American aspiration.
The problems will not be solved in a day.
If there have been wrongs committed, the wrong doers must not escape conviction and punishment.
It is my earnest desire that you shall thoroughly investigate these charges.
The records of the War Department and the assistance of its officers shall be subject to your call.
