William Taft actually said...

"It is hereby ordered that the following-described land, to wit, the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the west half of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 26, townsh..."

"We have made great progress, almost within our own memory, in such ideals."

"I shall not stop to discuss whether it might have been possible to accomplish the same great reform by milder methods."

"These ceremonies are not for the benefit of the dead."