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
When the history of this period is written, [William Jennings] Bryan will stand out as one of the most remarkable men of… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The judiciary has fallen to a very low state in this country. I think your part of the country has suffered especially.… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Roosevelt could always keep ahead with his work, but I cannot do it, and I know it is a grievous fault, but… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
It gives me the greatest pleasure to say, as I do from the bottom of my heart, that never in the history… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Presidents may go to the seashore or to the mountains. Cabinet officers may go about the country explaining how fortunate the country… — 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
As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country. — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
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 Image