Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I urge the withdrawal by the United States of its consent to be sued upon its currency or securities.

Message to Congress on Gold Clauses in Government Bonds.

06/26/1935

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After all, parity is, by its very definition, a fair relationship between the prices of the things farmers sell and the things they buy.

There shall be, within the War Production Board, a Rubber Director, appointed by and responsible to the Chairman of the War Production Board...

I should like to make clear my unalterable opposition to any recomputation of parity at this time.

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