I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the… — 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
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
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
He [Roosevelt] has made some speeches that indicate that he is going quite beyond anything that he advocated when he was in… — 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
George Washington intended this to be a Federal city, and it is a Federal city, and it tingles down to the feet… — 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
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