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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe truth is that in my present life I don’t remember that I ever was president.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
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The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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That all may be so, but when I begin to exercise that power I am not conscious of the power, but only of the limitations imposed on me.
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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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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
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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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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 game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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The truth is that in my present life I don’t remember that I ever was president.
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We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.
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I don’t know the man I admire more than [Charles Evans] Hughes. If ever I have the chance I shall offer him the Chief Justiceship.
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The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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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 ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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