William Howard Taft Quotes

American - President | September 15, 1857 - March 8, 1930

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

William Howard Taft

GovernmentPeopleBenefit

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

William Howard Taft

YouMisunderstoodWriteUnderstood

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

William Howard Taft

Come And GoGoForeverSupreme Court

The day is not far distant when three Stars and Stripes at three equidistant points will mark our territory: one at the North Pole, another at the Panama Canal, and the third at the South Pole. The whole hemisphere will be ours in fact as, by virtue of our superiority of race, it already is ours morally.

William Howard Taft

StarsDayThreeWillRaceVirtue

As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.

William Howard Taft

FarmerCountryRepublicanWelfare

I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me.

William Howard Taft

PeopleMeThinkCountryUpWell

We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.

William Howard Taft

GovernmentPerfectExpectImperfect

I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.

William Howard Taft

LoveGodHeavenEarthMeetJudges

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.

William Howard Taft

I AmProsperityMoreTradeBecause

We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.

William Howard Taft

LivePoliticsResultsImportantMore

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.

William Howard Taft

NaturePeopleStrongHuman Nature

Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.

William Howard Taft

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