There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTMy impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world is in the trade between the east and the west coast of the United States.
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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The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
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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 am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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That all may be so, but when I begin to exercise that power I am not conscious of the power, but only of the limitations imposed on me.
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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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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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Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
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The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world is in the trade between the east and the west coast of the United States.
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Socialism 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.
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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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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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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 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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