---
title: "2 Convenience Quotes By William Howard Taft"
description: "2 Convenience quotes by William Howard Taft. Plus more from William Howard Taft and more Convenience sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/william-howard-taft-3006_century_as-a-people-we-have-the-problem-of-makin_2224112.jpg"
---

> [As a people, we have the problem of making our forests outlast this generation, or iron outlast this century, and our coal the next; not merely as a matter of convenience or comfort, but as a matter of stern necessity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/as-a-people-we-have-the-problem-of-making-our-forests-outlast-this/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/william-howard-taft-3006_century_as-a-people-we-have-the-problem-of-makin_2224112.jpg)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/masonry-according-to-the-general-acceptation-of-the-term-is-an-art/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/william-howard-taft-3006_allegory_masonry-according-to-the-general-accepta_2560821.jpg)

## Other authors on Convenience

## More by William Howard Taft

> [The study of Freemasonry is the study of man as a candidate for a blessed eternity. It furnishes examples of holy living, and displays…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/the-study-of-freemasonry-is-the-study-of-man-as-a-candidate-for-a/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [What I am anxious to do is to get the best bill possible with the least amount of friction… I wish to avoid \[splitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/what-i-am-anxious-to-do-is-to-get-the-best-bill-possible-with-the/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [“A National Government cannot create good times. It cannot make the rain to fall, the sun to shine, or the crops to grow, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/a-national-government-cannot-create-good-times-it-cannot-make-the/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [The true Mason is the Tiler of the Temple of the Heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/the-true-mason-is-the-tiler-of-the-temple-of-the-heart/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [What I am anxious to do is to secure my legislation… What I want to do is to get through that, and if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/what-i-am-anxious-to-do-is-to-secure-my-legislation-what-i-want-to-do/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/lawyers-are-necessary-in-a-community-some-of-you-take-a-different/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [I prefer an income tax, but the truth is I am afraid of the discussion which will follow and the criticism which will ensue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/i-prefer-an-income-tax-but-the-truth-is-i-am-afraid-of-the-discussion/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [I look forward with hope to increasing the already good feeling between the South andthe other sections of the country. My chief purpose is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/i-look-forward-with-hope-to-increasing-the-already-good-feeling/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/substantial-progress-toward-better-things-can-rarely-be-taken-without/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/the-precepts-of-the-gospel-were-universally-the-obligations-of-masonry/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/we-live-in-a-stage-of-politics-where-legislators-seem-to-regard-the/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [Politics make me sick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/politics-make-me-sick/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [I have an intense personal interest in making the use of American capital in the development of China an instrument for the promotion of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/i-have-an-intense-personal-interest-in-making-the-use-of-american/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/the-true-mason-takes-full-responsibility-for-the-condition-of-his/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

> [The real secrets of Masonry are never told, not even from mouth to ear. For the real secret of Masonry is spoken to your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/the-real-secrets-of-masonry-are-never-told-not-even-from-mouth-to-ear/)

[William Howard Taft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-howard-taft/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/convenience/william-howard-taft/#itemlist",
            "name": "2 Convenience Quotes By William Howard Taft",
            "numberOfItems": 2,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "As a people, we have the problem of making our forests outlast this generation, or iron outlast this century, and our coal the next; not merely as a matter of convenience or comfort, but as a matter of stern necessity.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William Howard Taft"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/as-a-people-we-have-the-problem-of-making-our-forests-outlast-this/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/william-howard-taft-3006_century_as-a-people-we-have-the-problem-of-makin_2224112.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/william-howard-taft-3006_century_as-a-people-we-have-the-problem-of-makin_2224112.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/william-howard-taft-3006_century_as-a-people-we-have-the-problem-of-makin_2224112.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“As a people, we have the problem of making our forests outlast this generation, or iron outlast this…” — William Howard Taft",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "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.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William Howard Taft"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/masonry-according-to-the-general-acceptation-of-the-term-is-an-art/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/william-howard-taft-3006_allegory_masonry-according-to-the-general-accepta_2560821.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/william-howard-taft-3006_allegory_masonry-according-to-the-general-accepta_2560821.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/william-howard-taft-3006_allegory_masonry-according-to-the-general-accepta_2560821.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Masonry, according to the general acceptation of the term, is an art founded on the principles of geometry…” — William Howard Taft",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/convenience/william-howard-taft/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/convenience/william-howard-taft/",
            "name": "Convenience Quotes by William Howard Taft",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/convenience/william-howard-taft/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/william-howard-taft-3006_century_as-a-people-we-have-the-problem-of-makin_2224112.jpg"
            },
            "description": "2 Convenience quotes by William Howard Taft. Plus more from William Howard Taft and more Convenience sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/convenience/william-howard-taft/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/convenience/william-howard-taft/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Convenience",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/convenience/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "William Howard Taft",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/convenience/william-howard-taft/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```