9.15.2004
Quotations
"Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any other institution established by the human race." Here is his Dollar Diplomacy Speech, 1912.
Thanks to Peter Schramm. President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft was a man of substance in his time. The Speech is worth a while.
See?
The fundamental foreign policies of the United States should be raised high above the conflict of partisanship and wholly dissociated from differences as to domestic policy. In its foreign affairs the United States should present to the world a united front. The intellectual, financial, and industrial interests of the country and the publicist, the wage earner, the farmer, and citizen of whatever occupation must cooperate in a spirit of high patriotism to promote that national solidarity which is indispensable to national efficiency and to the attainment of national ideals. . . . -- William Howard Taft 1912 (JFKerry, take a hint here, please).
Thanks to Peter Schramm. President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft was a man of substance in his time. The Speech is worth a while.
See?
The fundamental foreign policies of the United States should be raised high above the conflict of partisanship and wholly dissociated from differences as to domestic policy. In its foreign affairs the United States should present to the world a united front. The intellectual, financial, and industrial interests of the country and the publicist, the wage earner, the farmer, and citizen of whatever occupation must cooperate in a spirit of high patriotism to promote that national solidarity which is indispensable to national efficiency and to the attainment of national ideals. . . . -- William Howard Taft 1912 (JFKerry, take a hint here, please).
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