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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.

William Howard Taft

The game of baseball is a clean, straight game.
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Cleaning Game Sports
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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Charity Faith God Love Man Purity Representation System Universal
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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Belief Combination Darkness Land Religious Secret Society
Enthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
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Enthusiasm Judgement Reason
Don’t worry over what the newspapers say. I don’t. Why should anyone else? I told the truth to the newspaper correspondents – but when you tell the truth to them they are at sea.
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Newspaper Sea Truth Worry Yourself
We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Basis Constitution Government Law Limitation
A man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
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Brain Children Himself Man People
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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Action Check Constitution Minority People Security
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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Experience Hard Work Modern Myself Progress
We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.
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Courage Dare Greatness High Realization Sacrifice
Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
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Candidate Majority Myself President
We can’t have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
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Decent Exercise Government Power
There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.
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Conservation Greatness People
I don’t know whither we are drifting, but I do know where every real thinking patriot will stand in the end, and that’s by the Constitution.
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Constitution Drift End Reality Stand Thinking
Too many people don’t care what happens so long as it doesn’t happen to them.
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Action Care People
The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

Cheerful Lost Win

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