Edward Everett Hale Quotes


Politics makes me sick. William Howard Taft Makes 120
Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever. William Howard Taft Uncategorized 96
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. William Howard Taft Communism 84
No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people. William Howard Taft Uncategorized 82
If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain. William Howard Taft Humor 82
We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government. William Howard Taft 70
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. William Howard Taft Best 57
A government is for the benefit of all the people. William Howard Taft Government 54
The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much. William Howard Taft Speeches 52
In the public interest, therefore, it is better that we lose the services of the exceptions who are good Judges after they are seventy and avoid the presence on the Bench of men who are not able to keep up with the work, or to perform it satisfactorily. William Howard Taft 50
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 Bring 50
Politics, when I am in it, it makes me sick. William Howard Taft Politics 46
Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America. William Howard Taft America 45
Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man. William Howard Taft Failure 44
Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law. William Howard Taft Uncategorized 43
Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment. William Howard Taft Uncategorized 41
I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe. William Howard Taft Uncategorized 41
I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else. William Howard Taft Politics 40
The world is not going to be saved by legislation. William Howard Taft Uncategorized 40
As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country. William Howard Taft Country 38
A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad. William Howard Taft Uncategorized 38
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. William Howard Taft Becomes 37
I am president now, and tired of being kicked around. William Howard Taft Politics 37
Ill 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. William Howard Taft President 37
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. William Howard Taft Politics 35
I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am president the less of a party man I seem to become. William Howard Taft Uncategorized 27
Unless education promotes character making unless it helps men to be more moral more just to their fellows more law abiding more discriminatingly patriotic and public spirited it is not worth the trouble taken to furnish it. William Howard Taft Learning 27
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 God 25

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