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 TAFTAnti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
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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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The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
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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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We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
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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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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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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.
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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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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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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 always carries his working tools everywhere.
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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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There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religious beliefs. Such a society is like a cockroach – it thrives in the dark. So do those who combine for such an end.
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The true Mason’s level of discernment increases with every use of the working tools, because the true Mason is ever working on him/her self.
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