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On the recordSeptember 13, 1909
The personal touch between the people and the man to whom they temporarily delegate power of course conduces to a better understanding between them.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Remarks at the Banquet of the Boston Chamber of Commerce in Boston, Massachusetts

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