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.

Quote by William Howard Taft

Topics: Presidency Quotes

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth...

I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth...

I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the...

I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the...

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...

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...

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in...

Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in...

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...

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

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

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be...

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be...

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down...

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down...

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...

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news...

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news...

There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull...

There was a time when the reader of an unexciting newspaper would remark, 'How dull...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...