Political Quotes

On the record
This policy has been characterized as substituting dollars for bullets.
Said by
Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Taft summarizes the administration's policy of prioritizing economic engagement over military intervention.

Share

More from Bill Taft

Oct 26, 1911

So it is I am here, after having traversed I don't know how many states and visited I do not know how many cities.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Aug 17, 1911

Another clause that calls for comment is in the leather paragraph, which reads as follows: \Leather cut into shoe uppers or vamps or other forms suitable for conversion into manufactured articles.\

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 1, 1912

I earnestly recommend the establishment of a Bureau of National Parks.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 1, 1912

I can not close this message without inviting the attention of Congress again to the necessity for the erection of a building to contain the public archives.

presidency.ucsb.edu

Other voices in this conversation