I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTEnthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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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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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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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 President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow. He cannot make business good, although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way
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We passed the Children’s Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories.
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Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.
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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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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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I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man.
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I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.
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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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One cannot always be sure of the truth of what one hears if he happens to be President of the United States.
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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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