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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
There is not a subject in which I take a deeper interest than I do in the development of Alaska, and I propose, if Congress will follow by recommendations, to do something in that territory that will make it move on.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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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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The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
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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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The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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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 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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Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
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Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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We shall have to begin all over again. [Taft hoped that] the Senators might change their minds, or that the people might change the Senate; instead of which they changed me.
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The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow. He cannot make business good, although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way
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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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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 make me sick.
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