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William Howard Taft quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority! Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
William Howard Taft quotes: 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. 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 quotes: There is no "but" in it. The way to be an administration Senator is to vote with the Administration. There is no "but" in it. The way to be an administration Senator is to vote with the Administration.
William Howard Taft quotes: 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. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country. As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.
William Howard Taft quotes: We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way. We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.
William Howard Taft quotes: The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection. The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
William Howard Taft quotes: A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people. A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
William Howard Taft quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies. Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
William Howard Taft quotes: I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me. 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 quotes: Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood. Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.
William Howard Taft quotes: The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out. The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
William Howard Taft quotes: A government is for the benefit of all the people. A government is for the benefit of all the people.
William Howard Taft quotes: Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man. Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man.
William Howard Taft quotes: A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad. A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
William Howard Taft quotes: Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not ... Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not ...
William Howard Taft quotes: 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. 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 quotes: The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere. The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.
William Howard Taft quotes: There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means. There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.
William Howard Taft quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world? I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
William Howard Taft quotes: Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law. Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
William Howard Taft quotes: No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people. No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
William Howard Taft quotes: Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever. Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
William Howard Taft quotes: The cheerful loser is a sort of winner. The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
William Howard Taft quotes: The City that knows how. The City that knows how.
William Howard Taft quotes: Politics makes me sick. Politics makes me sick.
William Howard Taft quotes: Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America. Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
William Howard Taft quotes: 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. 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 quotes: We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage. 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: We are all dependent upon the investment of capital. We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
William Howard Taft quotes: Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them. Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them.
William Howard Taft quotes: 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. 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 quotes: The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry. The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
William Howard Taft quotes: The true Mason is the Tiler of the Temple of the Heart. The true Mason is the Tiler of the Temple of the Heart.
William Howard Taft quotes: 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 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 quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I am president now, and tired of being kicked around. I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
William Howard Taft quotes: The world is not going to be saved by legislation. The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
William Howard Taft quotes: 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. 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 quotes: We passed the Children's Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories. We passed the Children's Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories.
William Howard Taft quotes: 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. 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 quotes: The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much. The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
William Howard Taft quotes: Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgement. Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgement.
William Howard Taft quotes: The truth is that in my present life I don't remember that I ever was president The truth is that in my present life I don't remember that I ever was president
William Howard Taft quotes: The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible. The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
William Howard Taft quotes: Politics make me sick Politics make me sick
William Howard Taft quotes: 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. 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 quotes: We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government. We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
William Howard Taft quotes: We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law. 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 quotes: The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws. The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
William Howard Taft quotes: Politics, when I am in it, it makes me sick. Politics, when I am in it, it makes me sick.

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