Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to require any person to be subject to combatant training and service in the land or naval forces of the United States who, by reason of religious trai..."

"I hereby declare that the following military service is noncombatant service: Service in any unit which is unarmed at all times."

"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."

"An opportunity is presented to complete a seaway comparable in economic value to the Panama Canal."