William Howard Taft Quotes
We are all imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
William Howard Taft, 1857-1930, 27th President of the United States (Republican, OH), Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, Address, Banquet Given by the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce of Washington, D.C., May 8, 1909
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Commenting on the then unratified U. S. Constitution:
William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for reelection by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft to be chief justice, a position he held until a month before his death.
