What I am anxious to do is to secure my legislation…. What I want to do is to get through that, and if I can point to a record of usefulness of that kind, I am entirely willing to quit office.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTPolitics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
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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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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
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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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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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The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.
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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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Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office.
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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.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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