Later, Saionji made a statement about the current Ritsumeikan University as 'a school that inherits the spirit and the name of Ritsumeikan that I built,' and he was very happy that the Ritsumeikan he created was reconstructed and that its legacy could live on.
後に西園寺は「余が建設せる立命館の名称と精神を継承せる貴学」と現在の立命館大学の事を述べており、彼の作った立命館が再興し、受け継がれている事を喜んだ。