Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 24, 1909
We are on the eve of a great journey down the Mississippi River, and cursed be he who calls it a junket!
Said by
Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Address at the Coliseum in St. Louis, Missouri

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