William Taft actually said...

"I am very sure that the Speaker of the House...is charged with a deep responsibility in regard to this great question."

"There would seem to be no reason why we should change the mode of disposing of agricultural land."

"We are on the eve of a great journey down the Mississippi River, and cursed be he who calls it a junket!"

"It is a great pleasure to meet the people of St. Louis in this magnificent structure."