William Howard Taft on country
William Howard Taft80 quotes“Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.”
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The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow. He cannot make business good, although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft 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.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft Too many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft 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.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft 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.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft 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.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft 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.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft I don’t know whither we are drifting, but I do know where every real thinking patriot will stand in the end, and that’s by the Constitution.
William Howard TaftWilliam Howard Taft
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