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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTAs the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.
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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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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 truth is that in my present life I don’t remember that I ever was president.
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The laboring man and the trade-unionist, if I understand him, asks only equality before the law. Class legislation and unequal privilege, though expressly in his favor, will in the end work no benefit to him or to society.
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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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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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We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.
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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
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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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Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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Too many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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What I am anxious to do is to secure my legislation…. What I want to do is to get through that, and if I can point to a record of usefulness of that kind, I am entirely willing to quit office.
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