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By William McKinley
War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed; peace is preferable to war in almost every contingency.
- Source
- Inaugural Address, March 4, 1897
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- The American Presidency Project (text follows the Public Papers of the Presidents)
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From William McKinley's First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1897, in his passage on foreign policy. It follows: "We want no wars of conquest; we must avoid the temptation of territorial aggression." The next sentence is: "Arbitration is the true method of settlement of international as well as local or individual differences."