A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an ever-present and not always considerate press, as well as the kindly suggestions that not infrequently come from Congress.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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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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The game of baseball is a clean, straight game, and it summons to its presence everybody who enjoys clean, straight athletics. It furnishes amusement to the thousands and thousands.
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That all may be so, but when I begin to exercise that power I am not conscious of the power, but only of the limitations imposed on me.
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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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Too many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.
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We passed the Children’s Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories.
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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.
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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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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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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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There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.
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The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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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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