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.

The diplomacy of the present administration has sought to respond to the modern idea of commercial intercourse. This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets.

There is not a subject in which I take a deeper interest than I do in the development of Alaska, and I propose, if Congress will follow by recommendations, to do something in that territory that will make it move on.

We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.

The true Mason is the Tiler of the Temple of the Heart.

The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.

The cheerful loser is a sort of winner.