William Taft actually said...

"I shall not hesitate to invite the attention of Congress to this fact and to the necessity for action predicated thereon."

"Nothing, however, halts business and interferes with the course of prosperity so much as the threatened revision of the tariff."

"If I fail to guard as far as I can the industries of the country to the extent of giving them the benefit of a living measure of protection, and business disaster ensues, I shall not be discharging my..."

"Certainly we should proceed prudently in dealing with them upon the basis of ascertained facts rather than hastily and without knowledge to make a reduction of the tariff to satisfy a popular desire."