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I don't know whither we are drifting, but I do know where every real thinking patriot will stand in the end, and that's by the Constitution.

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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