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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow. He cannot make business good, although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way
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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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Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
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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.
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Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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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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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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If they will play fair I will play fair, but if they won’t then I reserve all my rights to do anything I find myself able to do.
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The President cannot make clouds to rain and cannot make the corn to grow. He cannot make business good, although when these things occur, political parties do claim some credit for the good things that have happened in this way
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Repeat mantra: Donuts are not vitamins, donuts are not.
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I don’t know whither we are drifting, but I do know where every real thinking patriot will stand in the end, and that’s by the Constitution.
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The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.
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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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Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.
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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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