Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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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.
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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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Don’t worry over what the newspapers say. I don’t. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents – but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea.
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We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
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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 live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.
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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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Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
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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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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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Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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