William Howard Taft Quotes
- Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America. - View Quote Details on Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out…
- The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much. - View Quote Details on The trouble with me is that I like to talk…
- 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. - View Quote Details on We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem…
- I’ll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk. - View Quote Details on I’ll be damned if I am not getting tired of…
- 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. - View Quote Details on Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened…
- The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow, he cannot make business good; although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way. - View Quote Details on The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make…
- No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people. - View Quote Details on No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as…
- The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to modern ideas of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets. It is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to the dictates of sound policy and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims. - View Quote Details on The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond…
- Some men are graduated from college cum laude, some are graduated summa cum laude, and some are graduated mirabile dictu. - View Quote Details on Some men are graduated from college cum laude, some are…
- The press sees itself to be the agents of heaven in establishing virtue. - View Quote Details on The press sees itself to be the agents of heaven…
- There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religious beliefs. Such a society is like a cockroach — it thrives in the dark. So do those who combine for such an end. - View Quote Details on There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that…
- I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other. - View Quote Details on I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all…
- Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken with out developing new evils requiring new remedies. - View Quote Details on Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken with…
- I don’t remember that I ever was president. - View Quote Details on I don’t remember that I ever was president.
- Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood. - View Quote Details on Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so…
- The cheerful loser is a sort of winner. - View Quote Details on The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
- If humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain. - View Quote Details on If humor be the safety of our race, then it…
- I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don’t like me. - View Quote Details on I think I might as well give up being a…
- 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. - View Quote Details on I love judges, and I love courts. They are my…
- 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. - View Quote Details on I have come to the conclusion that the major part…
- Dancing is the most effective form of negotiation. - View Quote Details on Dancing is the most effective form of negotiation.
About William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (1857-09-15 - 1930-03-08 ) was the 27th President of the United States (1909 - 1913) and 10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921 - 1930). He also served as an associate judge on the Sixth Circuit, Governor-General of the Philippines, Secretary of War to Theodore Roosevelt and Solicitor General. Between 1914 and 1920 he was the Kent Professor of Law at Yale University.
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