Author: William Howard Taft

Quotes

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.

- William Howard Taft

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

- William Howard Taft

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

- William Howard Taft

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.

- William Howard Taft

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man.

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man.

- William Howard Taft

Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents - but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea.

Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents - but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea.

- William Howard Taft

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

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

- William Howard Taft

I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.

I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.

- William Howard Taft

Politics makes me sick.

Politics makes me sick.

- William Howard Taft

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