William Taft actually said...

"I am not inspired to say much to-day, because I feel so much more than I can say."

"I don't claim any credit for it, because a man who would not come to Columbia when he could, and enjoy such a festivity and welcome as this, does not understand a good thing when he sees it."

"But the next time I come to South Carolina I expect to dine with the ladies and the gentlemen."

"And now, my friends, I am going to stop."