If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won’t then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe truth is that in my present life I don’t remember that I ever was president.
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I’ll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.
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The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
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I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am President the less of a party man I seem to become.
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We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
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Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.
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We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.
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The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
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Golf in the interest of good health and good manners. It promotes self-restraint and affords a chance to play the man and act the gentleman.
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I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.
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We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.
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The Masonic system represents a stupendous and beautiful fabric, founded on universal purity, to rule and direct our passions, to have faith and love in God, and charity toward man.
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My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world is in the trade between the east and the west coast of the United States.
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The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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