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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. — William Howard Taft

Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority! — William Howard Taft

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

There is no "but" in it. The way to be an administration Senator is to vote with the Administration. — William Howard Taft

We have passed the time of ... the laisser-faire [sic] school which believes that the government ought to do nothing but run a police force. — William Howard Taft

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. — William Howard Taft

As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country. — William Howard Taft

We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way. — William Howard Taft

A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad. — William Howard Taft

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man. — William Howard Taft

A government is for the benefit of all the people. — William Howard Taft

Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not ... — William Howard Taft

We passed the Children's Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories. — William Howard Taft

The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out. — William Howard Taft

There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means. — William Howard Taft

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood. — William Howard Taft

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

Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies. — William Howard Taft

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

The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection. — William Howard Taft

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

The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere. — William Howard Taft

If 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. — William Howard Taft

A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people. — William Howard Taft

I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world? — William Howard Taft

Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law. — William Howard Taft

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people. — William Howard Taft

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever. — William Howard Taft

The cheerful loser is a sort of winner. — William Howard Taft

The City that knows how. — William Howard Taft

Politics makes me sick. — William Howard Taft

Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America. — William Howard Taft

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 Taft

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

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. — William Howard Taft

We are all dependent upon the investment of capital. — William Howard Taft

Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them. — William Howard Taft

I am going to do what I think is best for the country, within my jurisdiction and power, and then let the rest take care of itself. — William Howard Taft

The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry. — William Howard Taft

The true Mason is the Tiler of the Temple of the Heart. — William Howard Taft

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

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. — William Howard Taft

I am president now, and tired of being kicked around. — William Howard Taft

The world is not going to be saved by legislation. — William Howard Taft

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

Politics, when I am in it, it makes me sick. — William Howard Taft

I don't know the man I admire more than [Charles Evans] Hughes. If ever I have the chance I shall offer him the Chief Justiceship. — William Howard Taft

The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much. — William Howard Taft

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgement. — William Howard Taft

The truth is that in my present life I don't remember that I ever was president — William Howard Taft

Someone threw a cabbage at William Howard Taft. That didn't bother Taft. He quipped, "I see that one of my adversaries has lost his head. — Judith St. George

The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible. — William Howard Taft

Politics make me sick — William Howard Taft

We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement. — William Howard Taft

We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government. — William Howard Taft

We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law. — William Howard Taft

The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws. — William Howard Taft

He (William Howard Taft) had little patience with the unconscious arrogance of conscious wealth and financial success. — Doris Kearns Goodwin