A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
“Too many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.” — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
We shall have to begin all over again. [Taft hoped that] the Senators might change their minds, or that the people might… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
As a people, we have the problem of making our forests outlast this generation, or iron outlast this century, and our coal… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
What I am anxious to do is to get the best bill possible with the least amount of friction… I wish to… — 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
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 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
People run away from the name subsidy. It is a subsidy. I am not afraid to call it so. It is paid… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
There is only one thing I want to say about Ohio that has a political tinge, and that is that I think… — 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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