Popular government has demonstrated in its one hundred and twenty-four years of trial here its stability and security, and its efficiency as the best instrument of national development and the best safeguard to human rights.
William McKinley: “Popular government has demonstrated in its one hundred and twenty-four years of trial here its stability and security…”
Editor's note · Context
McKinley emphasizes the success and stability of popular government in the United States over its history.
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