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The true Mason does not hold or teach the attitude that, I am a Master Mason now and thus I no longer need to be concerned with using the working tools because they were given in the earlier degrees.

William Howard Taft

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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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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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I know how irritating it is to have somebody else lay down rules for your moral uplift, but you’ve got to stand a great deal in order to make progress.
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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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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.
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I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.
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The true Mason’s level of discernment increases with every use of the working tools, because the true Mason is ever working on him/her self.
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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
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The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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We passed the Children’s Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories.
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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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No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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What I am anxious to do is to secure my legislation…. What I want to do is to get through that, and if I can point to a record of usefulness of that kind, I am entirely willing to quit office.
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