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I was a tariff revisionist and thought that the time had come for a readjustment of the schedules.
9/16/1909
I pointed out the difficulty that there always was in a revision of the tariff, due to the threatened disturbance of industries to be affect...
9/16/1909
There is not the slightest doubt that if labor had remained unorganized, wages would be very much lower.
9/15/1909
I had to ask them all to make personal sacrifices in the matter of compensation.
9/15/1909
There is a higher standard of living among American laborers than in any country in the world.
9/15/1909
I do not think trades-unionism was greatly aided by the attempt to drag all organized labor into politics.
9/15/1909
I think it is a wise course for laborers to unite to defend their interests.
9/15/1909
I can not sympathize with this element in the slightest degree.
9/15/1909
It is quite apparent from the statements of Mr. Vreeland, who is now the head of the committee on banking and currency in the House of Repre...
9/13/1909
Nothing revolutionary, nothing disturbing to legitimate business is needed; but we must set the marks clear in the statute by which the line...
9/13/1909
This is the second week of September. We are all ending our vacations and going home.
9/13/1909
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William Howard Taft
deceased

usa, Ohio

521 Quotes

Born9/15/1857

Died3/8/1930 (aged 73)

PartyRepublican

  • Chief Justice of the United States

    7/11/1921 - 3/8/1930
  • President of the United States

    3/4/1909 - 3/4/1913
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