Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I hereby direct the Secretary of the Navy to relinquish possession of the said plants of Triumph Explosives, Incorporated, located at Elkton, Maryland.

Context

Executive Order 9306—Possession Relinquished of Plants of Triumph Explosives, Inc., Located at Elkton, Maryland

02/26/1943

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

More Franklin Roosevelt Quotes

It is not only our enemies who kill valuable Americans.
8/30/1942
Not all of us can participate in direct action against our enemies; but all of us can participate in the saving of our national manpower.
8/30/1942
It is there where it has always been.
8/30/1942
jurisdiction over the 47,207.55 acres, more or less, of lands...be, and it is hereby, transferred to the Department of the Interior
8/30/1942

View All Franklin Roosevelt Quotes