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 TAFTWe have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
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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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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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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.
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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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My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world is in the trade between the east and the west coast of the United States.
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One cannot always be sure of the truth of what one hears if he happens to be President of the United States.
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The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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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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The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
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We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.
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The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.
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The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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