William Taft actually said...

"I recognize the gentlemen who applaud, as coming from the Columbia River district."

"They have not come to a definite conclusion as to the policy that ought to be adopted, but they have come to the conclusion that some policy must be adopted."

"One of the things that I think we ought to do is not to decry the past."

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