I prefer an income tax, but the truth is I am afraid of the discussion which will follow and the criticism which… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I don't know whither we are drifting, but I do know where every real thinking patriot will stand in the end, and… — 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 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
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
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
I do not think that there is any doubt about where I stand in respect to boycotts. If there is, I will… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I do not allow myself to be moved by anything except the law. If there has been a mistake in the law,… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I think it is a wise course for laborers to unite to defend their interests.... I think the employer who declines to… — 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
