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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTI 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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Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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When the history of this period is written, [William Jennings] Bryan will stand out as one of the most remarkable men of his generation and one of the biggest political men of our country.
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The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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I do not know much about politics, but I am trying to do the best I can with this administration until the time shall come for me to turn it over to somebody else.
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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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A government is for the benefit of all the people.
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We passed the Children’s Bureau bill calculated to prevent children from being employed too early in factories.
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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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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.
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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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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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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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The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
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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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