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 TAFTThe precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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That all may be so, but when I begin to exercise that power I am not conscious of the power, but only of the limitations imposed on me.
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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 takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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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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The truth is that in my present life I don’t remember that I ever was president.
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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.
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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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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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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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A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
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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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Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.
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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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No, the only things which do not bother me are the elements. I can overcome them without a fight. All one has to do to get the best of the elements is to stand pat and one will win.
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Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
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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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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
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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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As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.
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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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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 love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.
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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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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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