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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTWe, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.
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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 world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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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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The truth is that in my present life I don’t remember that I ever was president.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
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The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an ever-present and not always considerate press, as well as the kindly suggestions that not infrequently come from Congress.
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The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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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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A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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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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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
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