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Too many people don't care what happens so long as it doesn't happen to them.
William Howard Taft
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William Howard Taft
Age: 72 †
Born: 1857
Born: September 15
Died: 1930
Died: March 8
27Th U.S. President
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Cincinnati
Ohio
William Taft
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I am president now, and tired of being kicked around.
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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.
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The secrecy of Masonry is an honorable secrecy any good man may ask for her secrets those who are worthy will receive them. To give them to those who do not seek, or who are not worthy, would but impoverish the Fraternity and enrich not those who received them.
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Well, 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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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.
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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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There are a great many people who are in favor of conservation no matter what it means.
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The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws.
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The laboring man and the trade-unionist, if I understand him, asks only equality before the law. Class legislation and unequal privilege, though expressly in his favor, will in the end work no benefit to him or to society.
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The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
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The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.
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