I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTA government is for the benefit of all the people.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.
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There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religious beliefs. Such a society is like a cockroach – it thrives in the dark. So do those who combine for such an end.
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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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I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.
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We shall have to begin all over again. [Taft hoped that] the Senators might change their minds, or that the people might change the Senate; instead of which they changed me.
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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an ever-present and not always considerate press, as well as the kindly suggestions that not infrequently come from Congress.
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We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
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The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.
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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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We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.
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Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office.
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There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.
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