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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTDon’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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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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A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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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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Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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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 trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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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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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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Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
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We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.
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There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religious beliefs. Such a society is like a cockroach – it thrives in the dark. So do those who combine for such an end.
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