147 Quotes by William Howard Taft

The prosperity of Masonry as a means of strengthening our religion and propagating true brotherly love, is one of the dearest wishes of my heart, which, I trust, will be gratified by the help of the Grand Architect of the Universe.

There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.

Rules of conduct which govern men in their relations to one another are being applied in an ever-increasing degree to nations. The battlefield as a place of settlement of disputes is gradually yielding to arbitral courts of justice.

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

If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won’t then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.

We passed the Children’s Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories.

The truth is that in my present life I don’t remember that I ever was president.

The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow. He cannot make business good, although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way.

The scope of modern government in what it can and ought to accomplish for its people has been widened far beyond the principles laid down by the old “laissez faire” school of political rights, and the widening has met popular approval.