A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTPresidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
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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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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.
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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 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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A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
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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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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
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The true Mason does not hold or teach the attitude that, I am a Master Mason now and thus I no longer need to be concerned with using the working tools because they were given in the earlier degrees.
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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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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The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
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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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