Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
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.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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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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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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I don’t know the man I admire more than [Charles Evans] Hughes. If ever I have the chance I shall offer him the Chief Justiceship.
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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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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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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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I’ll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.
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Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
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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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Politics make me sick.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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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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I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.
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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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