A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTNext to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
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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.
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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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We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.
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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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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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There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.
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The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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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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A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
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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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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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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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The laboring man and the trade-unionist, if I understand him, asks only equality before the law. Class legislation and unequal privilege, though expressly in his favor, will in the end work no benefit to him or to society.
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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.
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