The real secrets of Masonry are never told, not even from mouth to ear. For the real secret of Masonry is spoken… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
That all may be so, but when I begin to exercise that power I am not conscious of the power, but only… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The admission of Oriental immigrants who cannot be amalgamated with our people has been made the subject either of prohibitory clauses in… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Presidents may go to the seashore or to the mountains. Cabinet officers may go about the country explaining how fortunate the country… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Masonry, according to the general acceptation of the term, is an art founded on the principles of geometry, and devoted to the… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The secrecy of Masonry is an honorable secrecy; any good man may ask for her secrets; those who are worthy will receive… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The Government is able to afford a suitable army and a suitable navy. It may maintain them without the slightest danger to… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The study of Freemasonry is the study of man as a candidate for a blessed eternity. It furnishes examples of holy living, and displays… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
What I am anxious to do is to get the best bill possible with the least amount of friction.... I wish to avoid [splitting… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
“A National Government cannot create good times. It cannot make the rain to fall, the sun to shine, or the crops to grow, but… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
What I am anxious to do is to secure my legislation.... What I want to do is to get through that, and if I… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
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… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I prefer an income tax, but the truth is I am afraid of the discussion which will follow and the criticism which will ensue… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I look forward with hope to increasing the already good feeling between the South andthe other sections of the country. My chief purpose is… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry. — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
