Oct 11, 1909
I don't misconstrue it, but I know that Californians are loyal to the backbone and they are glad to welcome to the borders of their great State the representative of the Nation of which they are proud to be a part.
William Taft
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William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his trust-busting policies and efforts to promote international trade. After his presidency, Taft continued to serve the nation as the 10th Chief Justice of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1930, making him the only person to have held both the presidency and the chief justiceship. His tenure as Chief Justice was marked by a commitment to judicial restraint and the rule of law.
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Oct 11, 1909
It is only through the foreign missionaries who go there pledging their lives to the cause of the advancement of Christianity that we have presented to those whom we would convince of the strength and efficacy of Christian civilization…
Oct 11, 1909
When we have any past of a picturesque character we ought not to destroy it.
Oct 11, 1909
But jesting aside, my dear friends, there is no experience in my life more delightful than that which I have had in California.
Oct 11, 1909
We are in the habit, we Anglo-Saxons, of looking back to our ancestors with a smug satisfaction and thinking that no one has exactly the right to that pride of ancestry that we have.
Oct 11, 1909
The truth is that the honor of unveiling the tablet to the Rev. Father Serra was one that I had not anticipated, but which I was glad to perform.
Oct 10, 1909
The Panama Canal is of course the greatest enterprise of a constructive character which has been entered upon for centuries.
Oct 10, 1909
There is nothing that an American can not achieve and can not overcome.
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