Herbert Hoover actually said...

"I regret that I may not be present to take part personally in the expressions of pride and appreciation of its distinguished achievements which I know will flow in from every quarter of the world."

"That issue is the abuses which have arisen in the land from bells."

"If, by the grace of God, we have passed the worst of this storm, the future months will be easy."

"It is comforting to observe that this terrible and destructive practice has infected the Congress."