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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTAnti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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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.
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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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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
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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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The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
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Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to secure sober action and a respect for the rights of the minority.
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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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A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
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Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
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Don’t worry over what the newspapers say. I don’t. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents – but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea.
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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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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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