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William Howard Taft Quotes


No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.

Politics makes me sick.

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that to-day is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.

Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.

The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.

We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.