Quote#Politics & Power
We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government
Quote byWilliam Howard Taft · 1857–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Address at a banquet given by the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce of Washington, D.C., May 8, 1909.; found in Presidential Addresses and State Papers of William Howard Taft, vol. 1, chapter 7, p. 82 (1910)..
English (original)
We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
— William Howard Taft
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