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William McKinley: “While so doing we forego no jot of our undoubted right to exact exemplary and deterrent punishment of the responsible…”

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While so doing we forego no jot of our undoubted right to exact exemplary and deterrent punishment of the responsible authors and abettors of the criminal acts whereby we and other nations have suffered grievous injury.
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William McKinley
Republican · Ohio

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McKinley asserts the United States' right to seek justice for the wrongs suffered by its citizens and other nations.

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