Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

"I most earnestly hope that the Congress will support this particular part of the bill to the full."

"I believe that under the circumstances existing at the time that war began, the war was necessary."

"I think, ladies and gentlemen, that this is the first time I have asked you into an impromptu press conference."

"However, as you people well know, I don't think that any of you ought to interpret anything I say in terms of a threat of any kind."