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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTIf they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won’t then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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In the public interest, therefore, it is better that we lose the services of the exceptions who are good Judges after they are seventy and avoid the presence on the Bench of men who are not able to keep up with the work, or to perform it satisfactorily.
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Golf in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman.
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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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 true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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