Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 12, 1909
I hope he will take back in his pocket that $300,000 that is necessary to aid him in the great work he is there carrying on.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Address at a Mass Meeting in Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Methodist Episcopal Missions in Africa at Carnegie Hall...

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