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.
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.
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We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.
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No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.
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As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.
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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 game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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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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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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I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
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The 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.
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We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.
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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.
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
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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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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.
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