All William Howard Taft Quotes
- A government is for the benefit of all the people. All
- Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law. Action
- I am in favor of helping the prosperity of all countries because, when we are all prosperous, the trade with each becomes more valuable to… All
- The game of baseball is a clean, straight game. Baseball
- 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… Century
- We shall have to begin all over again. [Taft hoped that] the Senators might change their minds, or that the people might change the Senate;… All
- The Masonic Fraternity is one of the most helpful mediating and conserving organizations among men, and I have never wavered from that childhood impression, but… Among
- The Masonic system represents a stupendous and beautiful fabric, founded on universal purity, to rule and direct our passions, to have faith and love in… Beautiful
- The precepts of the Gospel were universally the obligations of Masonry. Gospel
- The prosperity of Masonry as a means of strengthening our religion and propagating true brotherly love, is one of the dearest wishes of my heart,… Architect
- The real secrets of Masonry are never told, not even from mouth to ear. For the real secret of Masonry is spoken to your heart… All
- The secret of Masonry, like the secret of life, can be known only by those who seek it, serve it, live it. It cannot be… According
- 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… Any
- The Society or Fraternity of Freemasons is more in the nature of a system of Philosophy or of moral and social virtues taught by symbols,… Allegories
- The study of Freemasonry is the study of man as a candidate for a blessed eternity. It furnishes examples of holy living, and displays the… Acceptable
- The true Mason always carries his working tools everywhere. Always Carries
- The true Mason does not hold or teach the attitude that, I am a Master Mason now and thus I no longer need to be… Attitude
- The true Mason is ever vigilant for subtle traces of character and personality flaws which daily experience brings out. Brings
- The true Mason never hesitates to use the working tools to correct personal flaws. Correct
- The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection. Character
- 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… Acceptation
- Masonry aims at the promotion of morality and higher living by the cultivation of the social side of man, the rousing in him of the… Aim
- The true Mason is the Tiler of the Temple of the Heart. Heart
- The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible. Cultivate
- The true Mason's level of discernment increases with every use of the working tools, because the true Mason is ever working on him/her self. Discernment