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William Howard Taft
- The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power . . . in the Federal Constitution or in an act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof. There is no undefined residuum of power which he can exercise because it seems to him to be in the public interest.... William Howard Taft {view}
- The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an ever-present and not always considerate press, as well as the kindly suggestions that not infrequently come from Congress... William Howard Taft {view}
- We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.... William Howard Taft {view}