A government is for the benefit of all the people.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTWhen 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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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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Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
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I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.
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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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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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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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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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I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man.
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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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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.
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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 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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The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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The true Mason does not hold or teach the attitude that, I am a Master Mason now and thus I no longer need to be concerned with using the working tools because they were given in the earlier degrees.
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