William Taft actually said...

I urge that no good can come from meetings of this sort unless we ascribe to those who take part in them, and who are apparently striving worthily in the cause, all proper motives.

Context

Address to the National Conservation Congress in St. Paul, Minnesota

09/04/1910

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