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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTAnti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
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Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office.
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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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I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.
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The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
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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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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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Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.
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I am glad to be going. This is the lonesomest pace in the world?
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I think I might as well give up being a candidate. There are so many people in the country who don’t like me.
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There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religious beliefs. Such a society is like a cockroach – it thrives in the dark. So do those who combine for such an end.
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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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