52 ordspråk av William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft föddes den 15 september 1857 och dog den 8 marts 1930 - (1909-13).
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

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

Politics makes me sick.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment

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.

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.

Politics, when I am in it, it makes me sick.

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.

As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.

Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.

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

[George] Washington intended this to be a Federal city, and it is a Federal city, and it tingles down to the feet of every man, whether he comes from Washington State, or Los Angeles, or Texas, when he comes and walks these city streets and begins to feel that this is my city; I own a part of this Capital, and I envy for the time being those who are able to spend their time here. I quite admit that there are defects in the system of government by which Congress is bound to look after the government of the District of Columbia. It could not be otherwise under such a system, but I submit to the judgment of history that the result vindicates the foresight of the fathers.

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.

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

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

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