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
I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am President… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
On the whole, yes, I would rather be the Chief Justice of the United States, and a quieter life than that which… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The truth is that in my present life I don't remember that I ever was president — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
One cannot always be sure of the truth of what one hears if he happens to be President of the United States. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power in the Federal… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
“I am going to do what I think is best for the country, within my jurisdiction and power, and then let the… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world? — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow. He cannot make business good, although when these… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority! — 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
We should have an army so organized and so officered as to be capable in time of emergency, in cooperation with the… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the president is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and… — 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
