"The whole history of VMI is a triumphant chronicle of the part which the citizen-soldier can play in a democracy."

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VirginiaUniversities and colleges in VirginiaMilitary academies of the United States
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Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, as quoted by Beverly M. Read, "Sculpture at VMI", A Crowd of Honorable Youths: Historical Essays on the First 150 Years of the Virginia Military Institute (Lexington: VMI Sequicentennial Committee, 1988) by Thomas W. Davis (editor), p. 150