William Howard Taft on country
William Howard Taft80 quotes“Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.”
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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.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft 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.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft 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.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft The Masonic system represents a stupendous and beautiful fabric, founded on universal purity, to rule and direct our passions, to have faith and love in God, and charity toward man.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft 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.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft There is not a subject in which I take a deeper interest than I do in the development of Alaska, and I propose, if Congress will follow by recommendations, to do something in that territory that will make it move on.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don’t like me.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft Politics make me sick.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft 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.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft I don’t know the man I admire more than [Charles Evans] Hughes. If ever I have the chance I shall offer him the Chief Justiceship.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft
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