William Taft actually said...

"I am glad to be here to testify my deep personal interest in this institution, my deep respect for those who have brought it to what it is, my recognition of it as a national institution."

"I have always thought that, and, when the foremost educator of the land says so, I am going to assert it."

"I want the Navy to continue to be maintained in a condition worthy of this country."

"If I get him out in Ohio I will give him also a test of Ohio hospitality, but not with the same eloquence or the same elegance of language."