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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

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...

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...

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be...

Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be...

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

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...

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.

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

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...