Decent Quote by William Howard Taft Download Open image “We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.” — William Howard Taft ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Decent Exercise Government Politics Restraint Self Self restraint
We can't have self-government without the self-confidence that is at the root of it. — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves. — Henry Campbell-Bannerman Copy Share Image
Once politics become a tug-of-war for shares in the income pie, decent government is impossible. — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
No government can continue good, but under the control of the people. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Government of limited power need not be anemic government. Assurance that rights are secure tends to diminish fear and jealousy of strong government, and… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
You have to have a certain realism that government is a pretty blunt instrument and without the constant attention of highly qualified people with… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
It is often said that our modern world is incapable of self-government. — Robert A. Agresta 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
Be neither too early in the fashion, nor too long out of it, nor too precisely in it; what custom hath civilized is become… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Peace is an ongoing process. It begins with the first step and it does not end. We, all of us alive today, are the… — David Krieger Copy Share Image
As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good… — Howard Keel Copy Share Image
You weren't a decent man and you didn't do your best. We none of us were and none of us did. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes the challenge of beating the jet lag and getting a decent sleep can be as hard to solve as finding the right setup… — Romain Grosjean Copy Share Image
For it is an absurdity to call a country civilized in which a decent and industrious man, laboriously mastering a trade which is valuble… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
The 'key-log' which must be moved to release the evolutionary process for an ethic is simply this: quit thinking about decent land-use as solely… — Land ethic Copy Share Image
The recurrent laryngeal nerve - which runs from the head to the voice box - goes all the way down into the chest, loops… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Every New Yorker spends a certain amount of nervous energy thinking, "How can I afford to stay here? What do I have to sell… — Sharon Zukin Copy Share Image
It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top… — Jerry Kramer Copy Share Image
