Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 10, 1909
We haven't any Englishmen and we haven't any Irishmen... we only have Americans.
Said by
Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Banquet Tendered Him by the Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles, California

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