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Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
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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The City that knows how.
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Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.
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A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
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Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
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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.
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The true Mason is the Tiler of the Temple of the Heart.
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I wish to reiterate all the reasons which [my predecessor] has presented in favor of the policy of maintaining a strong navy as the best conservator of our peace with other nations and the best means of securing respect for the assertion of our rights of the defense of our interests, and the exercise of our influence in international matters.
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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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The secrecy of Masonry is an honorable secrecy any good man may ask for her secrets those who are worthy will receive them. To give them to those who do not seek, or who are not worthy, would but impoverish the Fraternity and enrich not those who received them.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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I do not think that there is any doubt about where I stand in respect to boycotts. If there is, I will just state what I think about them. They are illegal and ought to be suppressed. I would never countenance that which recognizes their legality.
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A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
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The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.
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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.
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He [Roosevelt] has made some speeches that indicate that he is going quite beyond anything that he advocated when he was in the White House, and has proposed a program which is absolutely impossible to carry out except by a revision of the Constitution.
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There is no but in it. The way to be an administration Senator is to vote with the Administration.
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There is not a subject in which I take a deeper interest than I do in the development of Alaska, and I propose, if Congress will follow by recommendations, to do something in that territory that will make it move on.
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Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
William Howard Taft
I know how irritating it is to have somebody else lay down rules for your moral uplift, but you've got to stand a great deal in order to make progress.
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