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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.
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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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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There is no but in it. The way to be an administration Senator is to vote with the Administration.
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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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