We passed the Children’s Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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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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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.
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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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Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
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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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We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.
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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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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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Too many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.
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The Masonic system represents a stupendous and beautiful fabric, founded on universal purity, to rule and direct our passions, to have faith and love in God, and charity toward man.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
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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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