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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.

William Howard Taft

Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to secure sober action and a respect for the rights of the minority.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Action Check Constitution Minority People Security
I know this, and I know it from actual experience in the Orient, that the progress of modern Christian civilization has largely depended on the earnest hard work of the Christian missions of every denomination.
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Experience Hard Work Modern Myself Progress
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.
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Attitude Degree Early Hold Need Teaching
Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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Better Development Progress Rare Remedy Requirement
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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Greatness Irritation Moral Myself Order Rule Stand
When the history of this period is written, [William Jennings] Bryan will stand out as one of the most remarkable men of his generation and one of the biggest political men of our country.
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Country History Ourselves Period Remark Stand
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 TAFT

Fair Myself Play Reserve Right
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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Administration Best Effort Myself Politics Time Try
Politics make me sick.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

One Liner Politics Sick
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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Greatness Impression Introduction Revolution Trade
We shall have to begin all over again. [Taft hoped that] the Senators might change their minds, or that the people might change the Senate; instead of which they changed me.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Beginning Change Mindset Myself
We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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Decent Exercise Government Power
Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
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Constitution Gurantee Liberty Property Right
We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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Expectation Government Imperfection
We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Expectation Government Perfection
We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.
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Important Live Politics Result Stage Time
The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
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Gospel Mason Obligation Universal
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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Act Golf Goodness Health Man Play Sports
I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the president is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Job Myself President Tired Tourists
The game of baseball is a clean, straight game, and it summons to its presence everybody who enjoys clean, straight athletics. It furnishes amusement to the thousands and thousands.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Amusement Athletics Cleaning Enjoyment Game Presence Straight
As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Country Farmer Platform Vital
Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Action Administration Law Responsibility
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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Human Nature People Quite Rule Strong
The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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Liegislative Save World
The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
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Bring Character Experience Flaw Personality Trace True
The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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Character Condition Perfection Responsibility Strive True
The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an ever-present and not always considerate press, as well as the kindly suggestions that not infrequently come from Congress.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Kind Knowledge Power Reminder Suggestion

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