The world is not going to be saved by legislation.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTWhen 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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I know this, and I know it from actual experience in the Orient, that the progress of modern Christian civilization has largely depended on the earnest hard work of the Christian missions of every denomination.
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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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That all may be so, but when I begin to exercise that power I am not conscious of the power, but only of the limitations imposed on me.
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I’ll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.
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There is not a subject in which I take a deeper interest than I do in the development of Alaska, and I propose, if Congress will follow by recommendations, to do something in that territory that will make it move on.
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We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.
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A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
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We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
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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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The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.
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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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I have come to the conclusion that the major part of the president is to increase the gate receipts of expositions and fairs and bring tourists to town.
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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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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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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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