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.

- William Howard Taft

Don't worry over what the newspapers say. I don't. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents - but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea.

- William Howard Taft

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.

- William Howard Taft

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

- William Howard Taft

A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.

- 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.

- William Howard Taft

I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.

- William Howard Taft

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

- William Howard Taft

Politics makes me sick.

- William Howard Taft

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

- William Howard Taft

We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.

- William Howard Taft

A government is for the benefit of all the people.

- William Howard Taft

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.

- William Howard Taft

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.

- William Howard Taft

The world is not going to be saved by legislation.

- William Howard Taft

I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other.

- William Howard Taft

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.

- William Howard Taft

Don't write so that you can be understood, write so that you can't be misunderstood.

- William Howard Taft

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

- William Howard Taft

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

- William Howard Taft