Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I am glad to come here today and to wish to Brooklyn College the fine and successful future that it deserves."

"This project for Brooklyn College is killing two birds with one stone."

"We take satisfaction in the thought that those who have left their native land to join us may still retain here their affection for some things left behind."

"It is fitting, therefore, that this should be a service of rededication to the liberty and the peace which this Statue symbolizes."