Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I gladly embrace this opportunity to acknowledge the contributions you are making to human welfare."

"Our hospitals, and particularly those administered by non-profit religious organizations, symbolize better than any other institution the depth as well as the dynamic quality of this national characte..."

"This country at last is emerging from the great economic depression which has engulfed the entire Nation for six years and some parts of our population for a much longer period."

"The hospitals are destined to grow in the important services they render communities."