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William Howard Taft
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Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office. ✨ William Howard Taft (1910). Presidential Addresses and State Papers, from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1910
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Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office. ✨ William Howard Taft (1910). Presidential Addresses and State Papers, from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1910

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