William Taft actually said...

"I wish that every woman in the world was so situated that she did not think it was necessary for her to marry if she did not want to."

"I am the last one to take a position against that old doctrine of the common law that there ought to be nothing to interfere with matrimony."

"I know it is generally supposed that those who inherit wealth are in the best situation for a future happy life—I mean in this world—but I venture to think that the best legacy that can be left to a y..."

"And now, my dear young ladies, I am delighted to have met you."