We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe 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.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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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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The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
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I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am President the less of a party man I seem to become.
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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
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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.
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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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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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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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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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Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
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We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
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I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the president is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.
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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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