The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTPolitics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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When the history of this period is written, [William Jennings] Bryan will stand out as one of the most remarkable men of his generation and one of the biggest political men of our country.
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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.
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Too many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.
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The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow. He cannot make business good, although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way
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We passed the Children’s Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories.
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Golf in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman.
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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
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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.
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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to the modern idea of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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In the public interest, therefore, it is better that we lose the services of the exceptions who are good Judges after they are seventy and avoid the presence on the Bench of men who are not able to keep up with the work, or to perform it satisfactorily.
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We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.
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