Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood. – William Howard Taft
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
Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America. – William Howard Taft
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
Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man. – William Howard Taft
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
As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country. – William Howard Taft
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
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. – William Howard Taft
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
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
Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies. – William Howard Taft
Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law. – William Howard Taft
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. – William Howard Taft
I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am president the less of a party man I seem to become. – William Howard Taft
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. – William Howard Taft
No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people. – William Howard Taft
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. – William Howard Taft
