William Taft actually said...

"I think we are reaching a point in this country where we are very much more tolerant of everything and everybody than in the past."

"The combination of work and pleasure, the cultivation of health on the one hand and of intellect on the other, and of religious faith above all under such beautiful surroundings is calculated to make ..."

"We speak with great satisfaction of the fact that our ancestors—and I claim New England ancestry—came to this country in order to establish freedom of religion."

"They knew the responsibilities that they owed to the world and that they owed to the people for whom they were making the declaration."