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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Leverett A. Saltonstall was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts, and for more than twenty years as a United States senator (1945–1967). Saltonstall was internationalist in foreign policy and moderate on domestic policy, serving as a well-liked mediating force in the Republican Party. He was the only member of the Republican Senate leadership to vote for the censure of Joseph McCarthy.
I personally have always found the Unitarian faith a source of comfort and help in my daily life.
I attended Sunday School and then church with my father and mother throughout my childhood.
I have always felt that a man's religion was his personal and private affair.
I have the utmost respect for the different faiths professed by my fellow men.
Too many of my Senate colleagues overdid it. They stayed on too long - napping through committee hearings when they should have packed up and gone home.
I have confidence that the Unitarian Church will steadily grow and will help to sustain many of my fellow citizens in these important days that lie ahead of us.
My family for several generations have been members of the Unitarian Church.