The laboring man and the trade-unionist, if I understand him, asks only equality before the law. Class legislation and unequal privilege, though expressly in his favor, will in the end work no benefit to him or to society.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTIn 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.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
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Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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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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We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.
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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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The true Mason does not hold or teach the attitude that, I am a Master Mason now and thus I no longer need to be concerned with using the working tools because they were given in the earlier degrees.
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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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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won’t then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.
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I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the president is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.
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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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There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.
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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 are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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