Dwight Eisenhower actually said...

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

I said that of course none of us would like to see the need for a special session of Congress.

You cannot stand aside and see America's interest deteriorate throughout the world just by inaction.

I signed this with really the prayerful hope that we may be able, with that amount, to sustain the essential interests of the United States ...