Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTA man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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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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The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.
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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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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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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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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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Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
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Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
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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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Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.
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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.
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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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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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