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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTWhat 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.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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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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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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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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The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.
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Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
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I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to the other.
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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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One cannot always be sure of the truth of what one hears if he happens to be President of the United States.
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The truth is that in my present life I don’t remember that I ever was president.
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I don’t know the man I admire more than [Charles Evans] Hughes. If ever I have the chance I shall offer him the Chief Justiceship.
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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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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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Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
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I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don’t like me.
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