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William Howard Taft quotes

American President September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930

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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. William Howard Taft
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
William Howard Taft quote: "I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are..."
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
I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else. William Howard Taft
No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win. William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft quote: "No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire..."
No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people. William Howard Taft
Unless education promotes character making, unless it helps men to be more moral, more just to their fellows, more law abiding, more discriminatingly patriotic and public spirited, it is not worth the trouble taken to furnish it. William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft quote: "Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done..."
Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man. 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
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
I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town. William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft quote: "We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government."
We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government. William Howard Taft
Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents - but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea. William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft quote: "If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due..."
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
William Howard Taft quote: "I am president now, and tired of being kicked around."
I am president now, and tired of being kicked around. William Howard Taft

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