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.
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.
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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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Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
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Politics make me sick.
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Too many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.
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The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.
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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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The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to the modern idea of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets.
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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 true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
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The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.
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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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The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
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We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
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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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If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won’t then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.
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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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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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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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I 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.
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As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.
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The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.
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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 true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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