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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.

William Howard Taft

There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Conservation Greatness People
In the public interest, therefore, it is better that we lose the services of the exceptions who are good Judges after they are seventy and avoid the presence on the Bench of men who are not able to keep up with the work, or to perform it satisfactorily.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Better Exception Interest Lose Performance Presence Satisfaction Work
The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
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Cultivation Degree Herself Life Possible Strive
The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
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Liegislative Save World
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 TAFT

Action Check Constitution Minority People Security
Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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Feeling Myself Politics Sick
Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
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Enthusiasm Judgement Reason
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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Cloud Growth Politics President Rain Way
The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere.
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Carry Tools True Work
A government is for the benefit of all the people.
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Benefit Government People Welfare
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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Kind Knowledge Power Reminder Suggestion
The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to the modern idea of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets.
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Administration Character Commercial Policy Present
Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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Better Development Progress Rare Remedy Requirement
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 TAFT

Application Average Control Definite End Goal Man Mental
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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Country Favor Help Myself Prosperity Value
We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.
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Important Live Politics Result Stage Time

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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