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 TAFTToo many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.
More William Howard Taft Quotes
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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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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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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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Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.
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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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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
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A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
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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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What 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.
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The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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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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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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