William McKinley actually said...

"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..."

"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 ..."

"We never enter upon a war until every effort for peace without it has been exhausted."

"One of the great laws of life is progress."