If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.

Quote by William Howard Taft

Topics: Humor Quotes

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 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.

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.

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...

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 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...

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 are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.

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

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'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...

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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 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.