I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.

Quote by William Howard Taft

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Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

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...

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...

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 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 makes me sick.

Politics 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...

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

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

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 government is for the benefit of all the people.

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

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

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

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much...

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much...