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.

Quote by William Howard Taft

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Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told...

Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told...

I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.

I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a...

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a...

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

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

A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years...

A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years...

Politics, when I am in it, it makes me sick.

Politics, when I am in it, it makes me sick.

Politics makes me sick.

Politics makes me sick.

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

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

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome...

No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome...

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment

We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of...

We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of...

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

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

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great...

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great...

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

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

I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are...

I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are...

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a...

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a...

I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best...

I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best...

A government is for the benefit of all the people. . . .

A government is for the benefit of all the people. . . .

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

By a continuing process of inflation, government can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part...

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....