William Taft actually said...

The great responsibility of Cabinet positions demands the selection therefor of men of the highest character and integrity.

Letter to Secretary of the Interior Richard A. Ballinger on Coal Land Claims in Alaska

09/12/1909

More William Taft Quotes

There may be a change of persons, but the government of the United States is in the people of the United States and there are a good many of...

Well, the government of the United States is here all the time.

So it is I am here, after having traversed I don't know how many states and visited I do not know how many cities.

The executive proposes and congress disposes.