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“ ”Unless education promotes character making, unless it helps men to be more moral, more just to their fellows, more law abiding, more discriminatingly patriotic and public spirited, it is not worth the trouble taken to furnish it.
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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Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.
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.
Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any other institution established by the human race.