Quotes from 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
A government is for the benefit of all the people.
— William Howard Taft
The underlying principle of Masonry is the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. In this war we are engaging in upholding these principles and our enemies are attacking them.
— William Howard Taft
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
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
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 can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
— William Howard Taft
The Masonic system represents a stupendous and beautiful fabric, founded on universal purity, to rule and direct our passions, to have faith and love in God, and charity toward man.
— William Howard Taft
Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.
— William Howard Taft
I am going to do what I think is best for the country, within my jurisdiction and power, and then let the rest take care of itself.
— 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
We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
— William Howard Taft