I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don’t like me.
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.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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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 are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.
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Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
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The truth is that in my present life I don’t remember that I ever was president.
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Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
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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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In the public interest, therefore, it is better that we lose the services of the exceptions who are good Judges after they are seventy and avoid the presence on the Bench of men who are not able to keep up with the work, or to perform it satisfactorily.
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The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
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I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am President the less of a party man I seem to become.
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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 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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A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
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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 cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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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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A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
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We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
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We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.
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We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.
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Golf in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman.
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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
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