All William Howard Taft Quotes
We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
William Howard Taft
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If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.
William Howard Taft
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
William Howard Taft
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I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.
William Howard Taft
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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
William Howard Taft
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I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.
William Howard Taft
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I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other.
William Howard Taft
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A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
William Howard Taft
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No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
William Howard Taft
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I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.
William Howard Taft
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The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
William Howard Taft
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I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me.
William Howard Taft
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Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that to-day is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.
William Howard Taft
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