Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I do hereby enjoin upon all officers of the United States...the utmost diligence in preventing violations of the said Joint Resolution."

"I do hereby admonish all citizens of the United States...to abstain from every violation of the provisions of the Joint Resolution above set forth."

"I desire it to be understood that any of our people who voluntarily engage in transactions of any character with either of the belligerents do so at their own risk."

"It has become my duty to issue, and I am today issuing, my Proclamation making effective an embargo on the exportation from this country to Ethiopia and Italy of arms, ammunition and implements of war..."