Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.

If there is one thing for which we stand in this country, it is for complete religious freedom, and it is an emphatic negation of this right to cross-examine a man on his religion before being willing to support him for office.

I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding

Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.

If we put corrupt men in public office and sneeringly acquiesce in their corruptions, then we are wrong ourselves.

Character is far more important than intellect in making a man a good citizen or successful at his calling- meaning by character not only such qualities as honesty and truthfulness, but courage, perseverance and self-reliance.