I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTGolf 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.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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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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Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
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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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I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
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I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the president is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.
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The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.
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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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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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Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
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If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won’t then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.
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A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
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The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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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.
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I know how irritating it is to have somebody else lay down rules for your moral uplift, but you’ve got to stand a great deal in order to make progress.
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