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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTI love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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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 true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
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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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Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
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The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.
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The laboring man and the trade-unionist, if I understand him, asks only equality before the law. Class legislation and unequal privilege, though expressly in his favor, will in the end work no benefit to him or to society.
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What I am anxious to do is to secure my legislation…. What I want to do is to get through that, and if I can point to a record of usefulness of that kind, I am entirely willing to quit office.
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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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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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I’ll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.
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Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
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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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No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.
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