Bases Quote by Albert Pike

The religion, then, of Masonry is pure Theism.

— Albert Mackey

“Masonry is first and foremost an education society, one which TEACHES moral and ethics - a way of life. Secondly,”

— Cliff Porter

Masonry is one of the most sublime and perfect institutions that ever was formed for the advancement of happiness, and the general good of…

— Duke Of Sussex

The truth is that Masonry is undoubtedly a religious institution, its religion being of that universal kind in which all men agree.

— Albert Mackey

More than an institution, more than a tradition, more than a society, Masonry is one of the forms of Divine life upon earth.

— Joseph Fort Newton

Masonry aims at the promotion of morality and higher living by the cultivation of the social side of man, the rousing in him of…

— William Howard Taft

Masonry is not a religion. He who makes of it a religious belief, falsifies and denaturalizes it.

— Albert Pike

Masonry is an art, useful and extensive, which comprehends within its circle every branch of useful knowledge and learning, and stamps an indelible mark…

— Preston

As some of us prefer to put it, Masonry is not a religion but Religionnot a church but a worship, in which men of…

— Joseph Fort Newton

There is no doubt in my mind that Masonry is the cornerstone of America.

— Dave Thomas

The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.

— William Howard Taft

“The true Mason is not creed-bound. He realizes with the divine illumination of his lodge that as Mason his religion must be universal: Christ,…

— Manly P. Hall