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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTWe are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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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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Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to secure sober action and a respect for the rights of the minority.
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My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world is in the trade between the east and the west coast of the United States.
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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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A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
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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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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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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
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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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Politics make me sick.
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I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
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