Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

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 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.

Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that to-day is at...

Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that to-day is at...

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 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...

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.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

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...

That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those...

That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those...

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I...

In short, I'm not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I...