Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

It is my earnest hope that the Congress will take quick and effective steps to enact the measures I will recommend.

For we know that you are far more knowledgeable than Washington as to the nature of your local needs.

In war it renders so many services, so well, to men fighting for freedom, that among the armed forces no morale factor is more important tha...

We will build a stronger and better America--of greater security and increasing prosperity for all.