William Taft actually said...

I like an optimist, and I like to sit next to one, and I like an optimist in a prince of the church, too.

Remarks at the Banquet Tendered by the Citizens of Dallas, Texas

10/22/1909

More William Taft Quotes

Judges to fulfill their functions properly in our popular Government must be more independent than in any other form of government, and that...

I return herewith, without my approval, House joint resolution No. 14.

Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority.

If I sign this joint resolution, I do not see how I can escape responsibility for the judicial recall of the Arizona constitution.