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Unlike any other nation, here the people rule, and their will is the supreme law. It is sometimes sneeringly said by those who do not like free government, that here we count heads. True, heads are counted, but brains also . . .
William McKinley
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William McKinley
Age: 58 †
Born: 1843
Born: January 29
Died: 1901
Died: September 14
25Th U.S. President
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