Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

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

"Even in times as troubled and uncertain as these, I still hold to the faith that a better civilization than any we have known is in store for America and by our example, perhaps, for the world."

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

"We shall certainly get it if on November 3d you vote."