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> [Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to secure sober action and a respect for the rights of the minority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-howard-taft/constitutions-are-checks-upon-the-hasty-action-of-the-majority-they/)

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

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## 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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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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…](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/)

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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…](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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