Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"No one who has studied our national-defense problems and the international situation can possibly fail to see the need for this project in the defense of the continent."

"I am preparing to press for the immediate construction of this project."

"Guardians across the seas of the ideals for which throughout the centuries Greeks have lived and died, Americans today are aware that the Greek nation is again fighting for the principles of justice t..."

"By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of June 25, 1910."