Quotes from William Howard Taft

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.

We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.

The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.

There is only one thing I wast to say about Ohio that has a political tinge, and that is that I think a mistake has been made of recent years in Ohio in failing to continue as our representatives the same people term after term. I do not need to tell a Washington audience, among whom there are certainly some who have been interested in legislation, that length of service in the House and in the Senate is what gives influence.

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

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.

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.

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.

We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.

The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.

A government is for the benefit of all the people.