We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTWe are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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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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Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.
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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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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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Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
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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 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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The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don’t like me.
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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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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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