William Taft actually said...

"You are getting, as the boys and girls used to say in 'finding the button'—you are getting warm."

"You have done it wisely, first, because when you want a thing done it is just as well to get close to the men who are to do it."

"The attitude of the United States is one of benevolent encouragement, coupled with a hopeful trust that the good work, responsibly undertaken and zealously perfected to the accomplishment of the resul..."

"The interests involved are of great importance to the American fishing industry, and the final settlement of the controversy will remove a source of constant irritation and complaint."