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The laboring man and the trade-unionist, if I understand him, asks only equality before the law. Class legislation and unequal privilege, though expressly in his favor, will in the end work no benefit to him or to society.

William Howard Taft

The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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Flaw Hesitation Personal Tools Work
A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
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Bad Force Rest System Time
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
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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Country Favor Help Myself Prosperity Value
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
Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out. It has no place in America.
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Country Cut Place
One cannot always be sure of the truth of what one hears if he happens to be President of the United States.
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Oneself President State Truth
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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Application Average Control Definite End Goal Man Mental
I am afraid I am a constant disappointment to my party. The fact of the matter is, the longer I am President the less of a party man I seem to become.
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Afraid Disappointment Man Myself Party
We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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Decent Exercise Government Power
The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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Cheerful Lost Win
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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Administration Best Effort Myself Politics Time Try
Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.
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Understand Writing Yourself
The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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Cleaning Game Sports
I know how irritating it is to have somebody else lay down rules for your moral uplift, but you’ve got to stand a great deal in order to make progress.
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Greatness Irritation Moral Myself Order Rule Stand
I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man.
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Greatness Man Mistake Thinking Weakness

The laboring man and the trade-unionist, if I understand him, asks only equality before the law. Class legislation and unequal privilege, though expressly in his favor, will in the end work no benefit to him or to society.

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