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Bill Taft: “You give me great courage, and give me great inspiration as I look into your eyes and see that you are deliberate men…”

On the recordOctober 12, 1909
You give me great courage, and give me great inspiration as I look into your eyes and see that you are deliberate men, that you are intelligent men, and that you propose to exercise your suffrage in such a way as to have a government of law, a government that respects the vested rights of property, that respects the liberty of the individual, and a government that shall reflect credit on your population.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Address at Prescott, Arizona

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