Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTNext to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThere 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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTWe are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTEnthusiasm for a cause sometimes warps judgment.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTI 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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTI 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.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTIf this humor be the safety of our race, then it is due largely to the infusion into the American people of the Irish brain.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTPolitics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTA government is for the benefit of all the people.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTDon’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe true Mason does not hold or teach the attitude that, I am a Master Mason now and thus I no longer need to be concerned with using the working tools because they were given in the earlier degrees.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTA man never knows exactly how the child of his brain will strike other people.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTPolitics make me sick.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTThe 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