We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
“I am not in favor of having government do anything that private citizens can do as good or better” — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
We have passed the time of ... the laisser-faire [sic] school which believes that the government ought to do nothing but run… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The Government is able to afford a suitable army and a suitable navy. It may maintain them without the slightest danger to… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Lawyers are necessary in a community. Some of you...take a different view; but as I am a member of that legal profession,… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The scope of modern government in what it can and ought to accomplish for its people has been widened far beyond the… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
“A National Government cannot create good times. It cannot make the rain to fall, the sun to shine, or the crops to… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
It is fitting that the Government of the United States should assume the obligation of the establishment and maintenance of a first-class… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The admission of Oriental immigrants who cannot be amalgamated with our people has been made the subject either of prohibitory clauses in… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
It is not impossible, of course, after such an administration as Roosevelt's and after the change in method that I could not… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The study of Freemasonry is the study of man as a candidate for a blessed eternity. It furnishes examples of holy living, and displays… — William Howard Taft Copy Share
What I am anxious to do is to get the best bill possible with the least amount of friction… I wish to avoid [splitting… — William Howard Taft Copy Share
“A National Government cannot create good times. It cannot make the rain to fall, the sun to shine, or the crops to grow, but… — William Howard Taft Copy Share
What I am anxious to do is to secure my legislation… What I want to do is to get through that, and if I… — William Howard Taft Copy Share
Lawyers are necessary in a community. Some of you...take a different view; but as I am a member of that legal profession, or was… — William Howard Taft Copy Share
I prefer an income tax, but the truth is I am afraid of the discussion which will follow and the criticism which will ensue… — William Howard Taft Copy Share
I look forward with hope to increasing the already good feeling between the South andthe other sections of the country. My chief purpose is… — William Howard Taft Copy Share
Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies. — William Howard Taft Copy Share
The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry. — William Howard Taft Copy Share
We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of… — William Howard Taft Copy Share
I have an intense personal interest in making the use of American capital in the development of China an instrument for the promotion of… — William Howard Taft Copy Share
The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection. — William Howard Taft Copy Share
The real secrets of Masonry are never told, not even from mouth to ear. For the real secret of Masonry is spoken to your… — William Howard Taft Copy Share
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