Now, therefore, I, William McKinley, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority in me vested, do hereby ...
Few years in our history have afforded such cause for thanksgiving as this.
I do therefore invite all my fellow-citizens, as well those who may be at sea or sojourning in foreign lands as those at...
We may laud and magnify His holy name that the cessation of hostilities came so soon as to spare both sides the countles...
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 ...
We have been blessed by abundant harvests; our trade and commerce have wonderfully increased; our public credit has been...
No deliberation can be too mature, or self-control too constant, in this solemn hour of our history.
One of the great laws of life is progress.
We have avoided the temptations of conquest in the spirit of gain.
Right action follows right purpose.
Peace, with whose blessings we have been so singularly favored, is the national desire and the goal of every American as...
The problems will not be solved in a day.
We never enter upon a war until every effort for peace without it has been exhausted.
Who will dim the splendor of their achievements!
In an age of expositions they have added yet another magnificent example.
It is my earnest desire that you shall thoroughly investigate these charges.
If there have been wrongs committed, the wrong doers must not escape conviction and punishment.
The records of the War Department and the assistance of its officers shall be subject to your call.
