William Howard Taft Quotes
Top 56 wise famous quotes and sayings by William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from William Howard Taft on Wise Famous 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.
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.
There is no "but" in it. The way to be an administration Senator is to vote with the Administration.
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.
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.
The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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.
Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me.
The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
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.
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.
Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
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.
We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
We passed the Children's Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories.
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.
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.