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Letter "W" » William Howard Taft Quotes
«Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.»
«Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.»
«Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any other institution established by the human race.»
«The world is not going to be saved by legislation.»
«Politics, when I am in it, it makes me sick.»
Author: William Howard Taft
(President)
«No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.»
«Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment»
Author: William Howard Taft
(President)
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«It is important, of course, that controversies be settled right, but there are many civil questions which arise between individuals in which it is not so important the controversy be settled one way or another as that it be settled. Of course a settlement of a controversy on a fundamentally wrong principle of law is greatly to be deplored, but there must of necessity be many rules governing the relations between members of the same society that are more important in that their establishment creates a known rule of action than that they proceed on one principle or another. Delay works always for the man with the longest purse.»
Author: William Howard Taft
(President)
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«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.»
Author: William Howard Taft
(President)
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«As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.»
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