William Taft actually said...

"I am glad to be here at the meeting of the Republican Club on Lincoln's birthday."

"I recommend that favorable action be taken by the Congress."

"I commend to Congress the consideration of the report of the Secretary of War and recommend the adoption of his suggestions, which have been embodied in a bill amending the so-called 'Foraker Act.'"

"It is much better in the interests of the people of the island that the suffrage should be limited by an educational and property qualification."