Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"It is essential that an equitable and uniform practice be followed in applying provisions of the Selective Service and Training Act to officers and employees in the Federal service."

"Not all of it, because I think we are beginning more and more, every day, to be more realistic in regard to the existing situation."

"I hereby exempt the said August G. Ahlfont from compulsory retirement for age for a period of one year ending March 31, 1943."

"It is far from clear that the requirements of this legislation would not in many instances be unnecessary, inappropriate, and onerous in respect to the representatives of friendly Nations."