William Howard Taft

I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don't like me.

I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the work of a President is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.

Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.

As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.

Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.

I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.