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A government is for the benefit of all the people.

William Howard Taft

A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Bad Force Rest System Time
A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Brain Children Himself Man People
No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Human Nature People Quite Rule Strong
I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Happiness Lonely Myself Place World
The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow. He cannot make business good, although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Cloud Growth Politics President Rain Way
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 TAFT

Administration Character Commercial Policy Present
The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Liegislative Save World
One cannot always be sure of the truth of what one hears if he happens to be President of the United States.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Oneself President State Truth
The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Character Condition Perfection Responsibility Strive True
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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Greatness Irritation Moral Myself Order Rule Stand
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 TAFT

Greatness Man Mistake Thinking Weakness
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 TAFT

Deep Development Interest Move On Myself Recommendation Subject
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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Fair Myself Play Reserve Right
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 TAFT

Better Exception Interest Lose Performance Presence Satisfaction Work
The true Mason’s level of discernment increases with every use of the working tools, because the true Mason is ever working on him/her self.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Himself Increase Level Tools Work
We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Capital Dependent Investment

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