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On the recordMarch 3, 1901
We are now at peace with the world, and it is my fervent prayer that if differences arise between us and other powers they may be settled by peaceful arbitration and that hereafter we may be spared the horrors of war.
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Bill McKinley
Republican · Ohio

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