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I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.

~William Howard Taft

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Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man.

~William Howard Taft

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I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.

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I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.

~William Howard Taft

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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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If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.

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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.

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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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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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No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: September 15th, 1857

Died: March 8th, 1930

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