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“ ”Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgement.
About William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (15 September 1857 – 8 March 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and 10th chief justice of the United States (1921–1930). He also served as an associate judge on the Sixth Circuit, Governor-General of the Philippines, Secretary of War to Theodore Roosevelt and Solicitor General. Between 1914 and 1920 he was the Kent Professor of Law at Yale University.
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Additional quotes by William Howard Taft
I am going to do what I think is best for the country, within my jurisdiction and power, and then let the rest take care of itself.
If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won't then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.
A National Government cannot create good times. It cannot make the rain to fall, the sun to shine, or the crops to grow, but it can, by pursuing a meddlesome policy, attempting to change economic conditions, and frightening the investment of capital, prevent a prosperity and a revival of business which might otherwise have taken place.