No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.

Quote by William Howard Taft

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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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 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...

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment

Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment

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...

Politics makes me sick.

Politics makes me sick.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...