evidence: FACT CHECK: Did Henry Ford Say, ‘If I Had Asked People What They Wanted, They Would Have Said Faster Horses’? A post shared on Facebook claims industrialist Henry Ford once said, "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses." [...] "There is a problem trying to figure out what people want by canvassing them," wrote cruise ship designer John McNeece, reported Quote Investigator. "I mean, if Henry Ford canvassed people on whether or not he should build a motor car, they’d probably tell him what they really wanted was a faster horse."