Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"Cut your mileage— I don't mean essential mileage to get you to work— cut the rest of your mileage at least in half."

"I suppose it will be voluntary, in the sense that if you don't do it— in effect it will be compulsory."

"I can say that on the whole it is getting on very well, but that is not terribly exciting."

"I think it is a pretty good idea to strike while the iron's hot, and the Lord knows it's hot now."