William Taft actually said...

I like to think, whether it be true or not, that we have in this generation reached a somewhat different view of the responsibilities of a civilized nation from that which prevailed in the last generation, especially as applied to our country.

Context

Address at the Washington Convention of the Laymen's Missionary Movement in Continental Memorial Hall

11/10/1909

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