William Taft actually said...

"I thank you, my dear friends, I thank the reverend fathers and His Eminence the Cardinal, for the cordial reception that you have given to the civil head of New York and to the civil head of the Natio..."

"I am not a Catholic, but I have had in the last ten years a great deal to do with the Catholic Church."

"I would be without that which makes a man if I did not appreciate to the full the kindly words of your distinguished Governor, and if I did not congratulate the State of New York on having a Governor ..."

"The truth is that the gift of eloquence and speech which Governor Hughes has needs no practice, but I have to have a little."