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

Quote by William Howard Taft

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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...

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.

We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.

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

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

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

Politics makes me sick.

Politics makes me sick.

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

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

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...

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

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...

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...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor...

Humor tells you where the trouble is.

Humor tells you where the trouble is.