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Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to secure sober action and a respect for the rights of the minority.

William Howard Taft

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The truth is that in my present life I don’t remember that I ever was president.
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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 am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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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 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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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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