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 TAFTSocialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
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One cannot always be sure of the truth of what one hears if he happens to be President of the United States.
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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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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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Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
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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 can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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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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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am President the less of a party man I seem to become.
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.
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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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