Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents - but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea.

Quote by William Howard Taft

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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...

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...

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...

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

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...

If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to...

If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to...

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

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

I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of...

I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of...

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

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...

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

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

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...

I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many...

I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many...

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

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

George Washington intended this to be a Federal city, and it is a Federal city,...

George Washington intended this to be a Federal city, and it is a Federal city,...

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

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

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

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...

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

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

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...