Power Fault

Famous quotes containing the words power and/or fault:

“What I am anxious to do is to get the best bill possible with the least amount of friction.... I wish to avoid [splitting our party]. I shall do all in my power to retain the corporation tax as it is now and also force a reduction of the [tariff] schedules. It is only when all other efforts fail that I’ll resort to headlines and force the people into this fight.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

“I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)