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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
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
Ohio
William Taft
William H. Taft
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What I am anxious to do is to secure my legislation.... What I want to do is to get through that, and if I can point to a record of usefulness of that kind, I am entirely willing to quit office.
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If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won't then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.
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Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
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