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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.

William Howard Taft

I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Greatness Man Mistake Thinking Weakness
I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don’t like me.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Candidate Country Myself People Thinking
As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Country Farmer Platform Vital
Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Country Cut Place
The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Myself Talk Trouble
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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Basis Effort Enterprise Human Labor Propose Social Substitution
The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an ever-present and not always considerate press, as well as the kindly suggestions that not infrequently come from Congress.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Kind Knowledge Power Reminder Suggestion
The true Mason’s level of discernment increases with every use of the working tools, because the true Mason is ever working on him/her self.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Himself Increase Level Tools Work
We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Capital Dependent Investment
I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Country Favor Help Myself Prosperity Value
I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Believe Divine Subscription
I’ll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Myself People President Profession Simplicity Talk Tired
We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Courage Dare Greatness High Realization Sacrifice
The game of baseball is a clean, straight game, and it summons to its presence everybody who enjoys clean, straight athletics. It furnishes amusement to the thousands and thousands.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Amusement Athletics Cleaning Enjoyment Game Presence Straight
We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Expectation Government Imperfection
The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Bring Character Experience Flaw Personality Trace True
No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Human Nature People Quite Rule Strong
The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Commercial Goal Ideal Policy Sound
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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Anxious Legislation Office Quit Security Willing
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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Beginning Change Mindset Myself
I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Happiness Lonely Myself Place World
We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Feeling Ourselves Way World
We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Decent Exercise Government Power
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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Afraid Disappointment Man Myself Party
The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Gospel Mason Obligation Universal
Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Feeling Myself Politics Sick
I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Kick Myself President Tired

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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