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."

"I am very keenly interested in all of these public works projects which have improved the schools of the Nation."

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