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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTGolf 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.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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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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Too many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.
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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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The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
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I don’t know whither we are drifting, but I do know where every real thinking patriot will stand in the end, and that’s by the Constitution.
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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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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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I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.
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The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.
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There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religious beliefs. Such a society is like a cockroach – it thrives in the dark. So do those who combine for such an end.
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The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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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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Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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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.
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