The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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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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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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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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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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The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
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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 trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
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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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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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Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office.
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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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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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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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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 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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