"The massive figure of a bronze woman is covered from head to foot with green oxide. The cold face looks blindly throu…"

"Bartholdi produced a series of drawings in which the proposed statue began as a gigantic female fellah, or Arab peasa…"

"We aren't here today to bow before the representation of a fierce warlike god, filled with wrath and vengeance, but w…"

"Since September 11, 2001, I have often thought that perhaps it was fortunate for the world that the attackers targete…"

"The statue is of Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty. She holds a plaque in her left hand inscribed with July 4, 1…"

"Thou warden of the western gate, above Manhattan Bay, The fogs of doubt that hid thy face are driven clean away: Thin…"

"Let us never forget that the deep things that are American are the soul and the spirit. The Statue of Liberty is not …"

"Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sun…"

"Taking the form of a veiled peasant woman the statue was to stand 86 feet high, and its pedestal was to rise to a hei…"

"You know that our Statue of Liberty was a gift from France, and its sculptor, Auguste Bartholdi, was a son of France.…"