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 TAFTRepeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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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 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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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
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We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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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 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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The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.
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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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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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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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If this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.
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The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.
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Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
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I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man.
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