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> [A system in which we may have an enforced rest from legislation for two years is not bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/a-system-in-which-we-may-have-an-enforced-rest-from-legislation-for/)

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> [We, as Unitarians, may feel that the world is coming our way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/we-as-unitarians-may-feel-that-the-world-is-coming-our-way/)

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

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> [Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/failure-to-accord-credit-to-anyone-for-what-he-may-have-done-is-a/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/i-think-his-greatest-fault-is-his-failure-to-accord-credit-to-anyone/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/that-all-may-be-so-but-when-i-begin-to-exercise-that-power-i-am-not/)

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> [The admission of Oriental immigrants who cannot be amalgamated with our people has been made the subject either of prohibitory clauses in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/the-admission-of-oriental-immigrants-who-cannot-be-amalgamated-with/)

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> [Presidents may go to the seashore or to the mountains. Cabinet officers may go about the country explaining how fortunate the country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/presidents-may-go-to-the-seashore-or-to-the-mountains-cabinet/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/the-secrecy-of-masonry-is-an-honorable-secrecy-any-good-man-may-ask/)

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

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/the-real-secrets-of-masonry-are-never-told-not-even-from-mouth-to-ear/)

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> [The Government is able to afford a suitable army and a suitable navy. It may maintain them without the slightest danger to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/the-government-is-able-to-afford-a-suitable-army-and-a-suitable-navy/)

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

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## Other authors on May

## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/we-live-in-a-stage-of-politics-where-legislators-seem-to-regard-the/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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                        "text": "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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