Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"All this is in confidence until the message is released and nothing is to be said in advance of the release."

"There has been absolutely no doubt from the legal point of view of the authority under the previous Act to stabilize more than once."

"The issuance and control of the medium of exchange which we call 'money' is a high prerogative of government."

"It is a prudent step to vest in the Government of a Nation the title to and possession of all monetary gold within its boundaries."