It must not be used to invite conflicts, nor for oppression, but for the more effective maintenance of those principles of equality and justice upon which our institutions and happiness depend.
William McKinley: “It must not be used to invite conflicts, nor for oppression, but for the more effective maintenance of those principles…”
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McKinley articulates that national power should be used to uphold equality and justice rather than for oppression.
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