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• Well, I have one consolation. No candidate was ever elected ex-president by such a large majority!

  William Howard Taft

  Funny, Humor, President

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• As the Republican platforms says, the welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country.

  William Howard Taft

  Country, Republican, Welfare

  William Howard Taft (1910). “Presidential Addresses and State Papers, from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1910”

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• We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.

  William Howard Taft

  Law, Presidential, Important

  William Howard Taft, David Henry Burton (2009). “William Howard Taft: Essential Writings and Addresses”, p.125, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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• 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.

  William Howard Taft

  Race, Civilization, Presidential

  William Howard Taft, William Taft “Popular Government: Its Essence, Its Permanence and Its Perils”, Transaction Publishers

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• The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.

  William Howard Taft

  Tools, Use, Masonic

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• Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.

  William Howard Taft

  New Day, Effort, Presidential

  William Howard Taft, William Taft “Popular Government: Its Essence, Its Permanence and Its Perils”, Transaction Publishers

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• Anyone who has taken the oath I have just taken must feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not, he has no conception of the powers and duties of the office.

  William Howard Taft

  Taken, Responsibility, Office

  William Howard Taft (1910). “Presidential Addresses and State Papers, from March 4, 1909 to March 4, 1910”

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• The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.

  William Howard Taft

  Responsibility, Character, Perfection

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• We are imperfect. We cannot expect perfect government.

  William Howard Taft

  Government, Perfect, Imperfect

  Address at a banquet given by the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce of Washington, D.C., on May 08, 1909. "Presidential Addresses and State Papers of William Howard Taft". Volume 1, chapter 7, p. 82, 1910.

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• Lawyers are necessary in a community. Some of you...take a different view; but as I am a member of that legal profession, or was at one time, and have only lost standing in it to become a politician, I still retain the pride of the profession. And I still insist that it is the law and the lawyer that make popular government under a written constitution and written statutes possible.

  William Howard Taft

  Inspirational, Motivational, Pride

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• Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .

  William Howard Taft

  Presidential, Important, Liberty

  William Howard Taft, William Taft “Popular Government: Its Essence, Its Permanence and Its Perils”, Transaction Publishers

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• Masonry aims at the promotion of morality and higher living by the cultivation of the social side of man, the rousing in him of the instincts of charity and love of his kind. It rests surely on the foundation of the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God.

  William Howard Taft

  Men, Brotherhood Of Man, Fatherhood

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• I do not allow myself to be moved by anything except the law. If there has been a mistake in the law, or if I think there has beenperjury or injustice, I will weigh the petition most carefully, but I do not permit myself to be moved by more harrowing details, and I try to treat each case as if I was reviewing it or hearing it for the first time from the bench.

  William Howard Taft

  Mistake, Thinking, Law

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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.

  William Howard Taft

  Presidential, Towns, Tourists

  Letter of Archibald Butt to Clara F. Butt on June 01, 1909. "Taft and Roosevelt: The intimate letters of Archie Butt" by Archibald Willingham Butt, 1930.

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• The underlying principle of Masonry is the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. In this war we are engaging in upholding these principles and our enemies are attacking them.

  William Howard Taft

  War, Men, Brotherhood Of Man

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• I love judges, and I love courts. They are my ideals, that typify on earth what we shall meet hereafter in heaven under a just God.

  William Howard Taft

  Love, Justice, Judging

  Address in Pocatello, Idaho, October 05, 1911.

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• I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.

  William Howard Taft

  Believe, Religion, Atheism

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The scope of modern government in what it can and ought to accomplish for its people has been widened far beyond the principles laid down by the old "laissez faire" school of political rights, and the widening has met popular approval.

  William Howard Taft

  School, Rights, Government

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• The policy of dollar diplomacy is one that appeals alike to idealistic humanitarian sentiments, to dictates of sound policy, and strategy, and to legitimate commercial aims.

  William Howard Taft

  Sound, Dollars, Strategy

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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

  Self, Use, Levels

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• Politics, when I am in it, makes me sick.

  William Howard Taft

  Sick, Politics, Politician

  "Taft and Roosevelt: The intimate letters of Archie Butt". Book by Archibald Willingham Butt, 1930.

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• We are all dependent upon the investment of capital.

  William Howard Taft

  Money, Investment, Dependent

  William Howard Taft, David Henry Burton (2009). “William Howard Taft: Essential Writings and Addresses”, p.115, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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• The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out.

  William Howard Taft

  Character, Personality, Masonic

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• The real secrets of Masonry are never told, not even from mouth to ear. For the real secret of Masonry is spoken to your heart and from it to the heart of your brother. Never the language made for tongue may speak it, it is uttered only in the eye in those manifestations of that love which a man has for his friend, which passeth all other loves.

  William Howard Taft

  Brother, Real, Heart

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• A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.

  William Howard Taft

  Years, Two, May

  William Howard Taft, David Henry Burton (2009). “William Howard Taft: Essential Writings and Addresses”, p.126, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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