Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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I don’t know whither we are drifting, but I do know where every real thinking patriot will stand in the end, and that’s by the Constitution.
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The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an ever-present and not always considerate press, as well as the kindly suggestions that not infrequently come from Congress.
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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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As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.
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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
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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.
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The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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I know this, and I know it from actual experience in the Orient, that the progress of modern Christian civilization has largely depended on the earnest hard work of the Christian missions of every denomination.
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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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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Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
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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 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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