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

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Source : William Howard Taft (2002). “The Collected Works of William Howard Taft: Presidential addresses and state papers”

William Howard Taft

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“I don't care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don't harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you're never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants”
“I am turned into a dream. I feel nothing, or I don't know what I feel. Yet it seems to me I am happy.”
“Nothing great or new can be done without enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the fly-wheel which carries your saw through the knots in the log.”
“I've spent eight years in Congress avoiding moral language. I represent a swing district. I believe profoundly in not challenging the motives of your opponents. But more and more, we're in a world where leaders have to speak up, and speak in strong moral terms.”

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“Extreme hopes are born from extreme misery.”
“Do not resist events that move you out of your comfort zone, especially when your comfort zone was not all that comfortable.”
“For every mountain there is another one. The big question is if you reach the top of the mountain, what then? What do you do then? I suppose you die.”
“Technically, at this point we're no longer with the label; we've fulfilled our contract.”

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