Quotes by William Howard Taft

About William Howard Taft:

William Howard Taft is the only person to have presided over both the executive and judicial branches of the United States federal government.
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A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.

William Howard Taft

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

William Howard Taft

Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.

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

Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.

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

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

A National Government cannot create good times. It cannot make the rain to fall, the sun to shine, or the crops to grow, but it can, by pursuing a meddlesome policy, attempting to change economic conditions, and frightening the investment of capital,...

William Howard Taft

A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.

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

Unless education promotes character making, unless it helps men to be more moral, more just to their fellows, more law abiding, more discriminatingly patriotic and public spirited, it is not worth the trouble taken to furnish it.

William Howard Taft

We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.

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

Author Bio

  • NameWilliam Howard Taft
  • DescriptionAmerican politician, 27th president of the United States (in office from 1909 to 1913)
  • AliasesWilliam Taft
  • BornSeptember 15, 1857
  • DiedMarch 8, 1930
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Cuba
  • ProfessionJudge; Lawyer; Prosecutor; Educationist