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The true Mason is the Tiler o...

The true Mason is the Tiler of the Temple of the Heart.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

The Society or Fraternity of ...

The Society or Fraternity of Freemasons is more in the nature of a system of Philosophy or of moral and social virtues taught by symbols, allegories, and lectures based upon fundamental truths, the observance of which tends to promote stability of character, conservatism, morality and good citizenship.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

I sincerely hope that the inc...

I sincerely hope that the incoming Congress will be alive, as it should be, to the importance of our foreign trade and of encouraging it in every way feasible. The possibility of increasing this trade in the Orient, in the Philippines, and in South America is known to everyone who has given the matter attention.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

Rules of conduct which govern...

Rules of conduct which govern men in their relations to one another are being applied in an ever-increasing degree to nations. The battlefield as a place of settlement of disputes is gradually yielding to arbitral courts of justice.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

The President can exercise no...

The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power in the Federal Constitution or in an act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof. There is no undefined residuum of power which he can exercise because it seems to him to be in the public interest.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

Next to the right of liberty,...

Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any other institution established by the human race.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

The true Mason's level of dis...

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.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

The secret of Masonry, like t...

The secret of Masonry, like the secret of life, can be known only by those who seek it, serve it, live it. It cannot be uttered; it can only be felt and acted. It is, in fact, an open secret, and each man knows it according to his quest and capacity. Like all things worth knowing, no one can know it for another and no man can know it alone.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

The man with the average ment...

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.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

When the history of this peri...

When 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.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

We must dare to be great; and...

We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

I think his greatest fault is...

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.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

I know how irritating it is t...

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.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

The judiciary has fallen to a...

The judiciary has fallen to a very low state in this country. I think your part of the country has suffered especially. The federal judges of the South are a disgrace to any country, and I'll be damned if I put any man on the bench of whose character and ability there is the least doubt.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

Masonry, according to the gen...

Masonry, according to the general acceptation of the term, is an art founded on the principles of geometry, and devoted to the service and convenience of mankind. But Freemasonry, embracing a wider range and having a nobler object in view, namely, the cultivation and improvement of the human mind, may with more propriety be called a science, inasmuch as, availing itself of the terms of the former, it inculcates the principles of the purest morality, though its lessons are for the most part veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

That all may be so, but when ...

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.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

The development of the doctri...

The development of the doctrine of international arbitration, considered from the standpoint of its ultimate benefits to the human race, is the most vital movement of modern times. In its relation to the well-being of the men and women of this and ensuing generations, it exceeds in importance the proper solution of various economic problems which are constant themes of legislative discussion and enactment.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

The diplomacy of the present ...

The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to the modern idea of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

I have come to the conclusion...

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.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

We shall have to begin all ov...

We shall have to begin all over again. [Taft hoped that] the Senators might change their minds, or that the people might change the Senate; instead of which they changed me.

Wiliam Govard Taft 139 quotes

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