Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"I hereby designate and authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire, by purchase or by the exercise of the power of eminent domain, any real or personal property."

"The Republic of Panama is recognized as entitled, as a sovereign Nation, to take advantage of the commercial opportunities inherent in its geographical situation."

"The Government of the United States would sympathetically consider any request which the Government of Panama might make for the solution by arbitration of any important question."

"We should be 'good neighbors.'"