Herbert Hoover actually said...

History will properly appraise your efforts for posterity--the commendation of your own consciences for today.

His private life was characterized by a simplicity of virtue that won for him a place in the affection of his fellow countrymen rarely equal...

In public and in private life he set a shining example, and his death will be mourned throughout the land.

It becomes my sad duty to announce officially the death of William Howard Taft, which occurred at his home in the City of Washington, on the...