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On the recordOctober 26, 1911
I would rather cut off my right hand than do anything to disturb the business of this country.
Said by
Robert Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the First Regiment Armory Organized by the Hamilton Club in Chicago, Illinois

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With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to the ratification of the treaty, I transmit herewith an authenticated copy of a treaty signed by the plenipotentiaries of the United States and France on August 3, 1911.

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In dealing with the courts, which are the cornerstone of good government, and in which not only the voters, but the nonvoters and nonresidents, have a deep interest as a security for their rights of life, liberty, and property, no matter what the future action of the State may be, it is necessary for the authority which is primarily responsible for its creation to assert in no doubtful tones the necessity for an independent and untrammeled judiciary.

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