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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
William Howard Taft
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William Howard Taft
Age: 72 †
Born: 1857
Born: September 15
Died: 1930
Died: March 8
27Th U.S. President
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Cincinnati
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William H. Taft
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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.
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No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
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The underlying principle of Masonry is the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. In this war we are engaging in upholding these principles and our enemies are attacking them.
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The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
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The prosperity of Masonry as a means of strengthening our religion and propagating true brotherly love, is one of the dearest wishes of my heart, which, I trust, will be gratified by the help of the Grand Architect of the Universe.
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The true Mason is the Tiler of the Temple of the Heart.
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We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.
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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.
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A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
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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.
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I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me.
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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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The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
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The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power in the Federal Constitution or in an act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof. There is no undefined residuum of power which he can exercise because it seems to him to be in the public interest.
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The scope of modern government in what it can and ought to accomplish for its people has been widened far beyond the principles laid down by the old laissez faire school of political rights, and the widening has met popular approval.
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There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.
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The judiciary has fallen to a very low state in this country. I think your part of the country has suffered especially. The federal judges of the South are a disgrace to any country, and I'll be damned if I put any man on the bench of whose character and ability there is the least doubt.
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