Herbert Hoover actually said...

"The inscription in the hall below calls this 'A Living Memorial.'"

"No better memorial can be built to the American women of the World War--and no truer inspiration given to the women of today."

"On the part of the United States Government I accept with pleasure the share in this beautiful memorial, given by those who have helped to make it possible."

"There is a great need for such institutions, for in them is preserved to a high degree that personal relationship of teacher and student so difficult to maintain in the Universities."