William Taft actually said...

"Nothing, however, halts business and interferes with the course of prosperity so much as the threatened revision of the tariff, and until the facts are at hand, after careful and deliberate investigat..."

"I am glad to say that negotiations under that clause are now substantially completed with all the nations of the world with results that are satisfactory;"

"If the facts secured by the Tariff Board are of such a character as to show generally that the rates of duties imposed by the present tariff law are excessive under the principles of protection as des..."

"I respectfully urge upon Congress this appropriation."