Quote#Politics & Power
The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to…
Quote byWilliam Howard Taft · 1857–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Our Chief Magistrate and His Powers (Columbia University Press, 1916), p. ?.
English (original)
The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow, he cannot make business good; although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way.
— William Howard Taft
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