From its origin to the present hour, in all its vicissitudes, Masonry has been the steady unwearing friend of man.
Theodore RooseveltBehind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.
Theodore RooseveltThe corporation that shrinks from the light" would have anything to fear from government. About the welfare of such corporations we need not be oversensitive.
Theodore RooseveltThe good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride he will see to it that others receive the liberty which he thus claims as his own. Probably the best test of true love of liberty in any country is the way in which minorities are treated in that country. Not only should there be complete liberty in matters of religion and opinion, but complete liberty for each man to lead his life as he desires, provided only that in so doing he does not wrong his neighbor.
Theodore Roosevelt