William Taft actually said...

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

Address at the Sixth Annual Convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress

12/07/1909

More William Taft Quotes

The missionaries in China and the missionaries in Africa are the forerunners of our civilization.

I am glad to come here and to testify by my presence as to my sympathy with the great work of Dr. Klopsch in this mission.

We are a great power in the world, and we may be, and hope we are, a great power for usefulness.

I know him by what he has done.