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I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other.

William Howard Taft

A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
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Bad Force Rest System Time
No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
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Human Nature People Quite Rule Strong
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
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
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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Country History Ourselves Period Remark Stand
I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don’t like me.
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Candidate Country Myself People Thinking
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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Beginning Exercise Impose Limitation Myself Power
I’ll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.
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Myself People President Profession Simplicity Talk Tired
The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.
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Commercial Goal Ideal Policy Sound
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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Experience Hard Work Modern Myself Progress
The truth is that in my present life I don’t remember that I ever was president.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Life Myself President Remember Truth
We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Decent Exercise Government Power
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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Greatness Impression Introduction Revolution Trade
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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Action Check Constitution Minority People Security
I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.
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Administration Best Effort Myself Politics Time Try
Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Feeling Myself Politics Sick

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