Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"Democracy survives through the courage and fortitude and wisdom of many generations of fighting Americans."

"We are engaged in an all-out war to keep democracy alive."

"Greece has set the example which every one of us must follow until the despoilers of freedom everywhere have been brought to their just doom."

"The decoration of the Legion of Merit shall be awarded by the President of the United States or at his direction to members of the armed forces of the United States and of the Government of the Common..."