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 TAFTOne cannot always be sure of the truth of what one hears if he happens to be President of the United States.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
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The game of baseball is a clean, straight game, and it summons to its presence everybody who enjoys clean, straight athletics. It furnishes amusement to the thousands and thousands.
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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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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The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.
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Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
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We shall have to begin all over again. [Taft hoped that] the Senators might change their minds, or that the people might change the Senate; instead of which they changed me.
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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.
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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.
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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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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
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The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
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