The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFTWell, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!
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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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Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.
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Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.
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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.
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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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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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A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.
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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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There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.
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No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
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We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.
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Politics make me sick.
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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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As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.
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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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