William Taft actually said...

"Then when the time comes that political exigency shall prevent the appropriation of sufficient amounts from the current revenues to put the proper part of the project through the coming year or the co..."

"I recognize the gentlemen who applaud, as coming from the Columbia River district."

"They have not come to a definite conclusion as to the policy that ought to be adopted, but they have come to the conclusion that some policy must be adopted."

"One of the things that I think we ought to do is not to decry the past."