I feel that as an American citizen it is proper for me to express to you and to those like you, the obligations that good Americans feel for what you and they have done in this university and in other educational institutions throughout the land.
Remarks at the Dedication of the James Milliken University in Decatur, Illinois
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The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.
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